The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials recently released the latest episode in its “State DOT 2-Minute Update” video series; this one featuring the Washington State Department of Transportation.
[Above photo by AASHTO]
The video features Roger Millar, WSDOT’s director and AASHTO’s immediate past president, who talks about his department’s groundbreaking “Fish Passage” program, which aims to eliminate barriers to anadromous fish, like salmon, by 2030.
With a billion dollars’ worth of work under contract, WSDOT is shifting from using culverts solely for water conveyance to employing culverts and bridges to facilitate fish movement through their habitats.
Appointed WSDOT secretary by Governor Jay Inslee (D) in 2016, Millar has stressed over his career that “stewarding transportation systems that are not ends unto themselves, but rather the means toward economic vitality, environmental resilience, aesthetic quality, public health and social equity.”
In addition to serving as AASHTO 2022-2023 president, Millar also served as the chair of board of directors for the Intelligence Transportation Society of American from 2021 to 2022.
He received a 2024 Outstanding Projects and Leadership or OPAL award from the American Society of Civil Engineers in February and was selected by The Resilient Roads Roundtable as one of its “Innovators and Influencers” luminaries in April 2023.
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