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Hickenlooper names new head of Colorado Department of Transportation
Denver Business Journal ^ | Jan 5, 2015 | Heather Draper

Posted on 01/05/2015 5:40:50 PM PST by george76

Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday named Shailen Bhatt the next executive director for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT). He will assume the role in mid-February.

Bhatt will replace Don Hunt, who will remain at CDOT through the end of February to transition with Bhatt

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Prior to serving at DelDOT, Bhatt was an associate administrator at the Federal Highway Administration

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"Don Hunt has been a remarkable executive director for the Colorado Department of Transportation. His ability to galvanize the Herculean efforts that so swiftly reopened the state's bridges and the hundreds of miles of roads damaged by the floods is but one example of how he has served this state and enhanced the lives of Coloradans and our visitors," Hickenlooper said.

"Another of his many noteworthy accomplishments is his flawless management of the widening of the Twin Tunnels. Don did all of this and more, despite budgetary constraints," the governor said.

CDOT maintains, repairs and plows more than 23,000 lane miles of highway and 3,437 bridges, while keeping more than 35 mountain passes open year-round

(Excerpt) Read more at bizjournals.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado; US: Delaware; US: District of Columbia; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: agenda21; agw; bhatt; cdot; climatechange; hickenlooper; johnhickenlooper; shailen; shailenbhatt; un; unagenda21
Shailen Bhatt, had played a key role at the Federal Highway Administration administering stimulus funds, particularly the livability initiatives. Bhatt also represented the U.S. at the United Nations Climate Change Summit in Cancún.

http://usa.streetsblog.org/2012/04/20/visionary-transportation-bureaucrats-part-5-shailen-bhatt-and-kirk-steudle/

1 posted on 01/05/2015 5:40:51 PM PST by george76
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Colorado’s new transportation chief supports expanding the state’s system of partially-privatized [ toll ] roads and taxing motorists based on the miles they drive.

http://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2015/01/05/new-transportation-chief-supports-pay-lanes-tax-reform/21306829/


2 posted on 01/05/2015 5:43:20 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Is her dad Moon Bhatt ?


3 posted on 01/05/2015 5:52:01 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: george76

“Shailen Bhatt, had played a key role at the Federal Highway Administration administering stimulus funds, particularly the livability initiatives.”

And what the hell is a livability initiative?


4 posted on 01/05/2015 5:53:55 PM PST by headstamp 2
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To: headstamp 2

And what the hell is a livability initiative?


Some kind of Progressive goblygook/bull crap.


5 posted on 01/05/2015 5:55:24 PM PST by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: george76

Oh just great. Another leftist bureaucrat. Just the fact that he promotes the climate change agenda just shows he is either stupid or corrupt.


6 posted on 01/05/2015 5:58:15 PM PST by Trteamer ( (Eat Meat, Wear Fur, Own Guns, FReep Leftists, Drive an SUV, Drill A.N.W.R., Drill the Gulf, Vote)
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To: headstamp 2
And what the hell is a livability initiative?

I think the English translation is "donor trough".

7 posted on 01/05/2015 5:59:33 PM PST by tacticalogic
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To: george76

He sounds like another liberal Moonbat.


8 posted on 01/05/2015 5:59:34 PM PST by Red Steel
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To: headstamp 2

More taxes, new fees, and regulations.


9 posted on 01/05/2015 6:08:12 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Trteamer

Get ready for high speed rail to no where.


10 posted on 01/05/2015 6:10:50 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: Red Steel

Yes.


11 posted on 01/05/2015 6:11:49 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: MileHi; dynachrome; Balata; bboop; BulletBobCo; Carley; ColoCowgirl; Colorado Doug; ...

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)


12 posted on 01/05/2015 6:15:57 PM PST by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: headstamp 2

Slowly say “UN Agenda 21” .... see, doesn’t that send a tingle down your leg?


13 posted on 01/05/2015 6:24:02 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Benghazi Clinton killed 4 & injured a dozen as SOS, imagine what she could do as CinC.)
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