[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12862]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                      TRIBUTE TO WAYNE SHACKELFORD

 Mr. COVERDELL. Mr. President, I rise to pay tribute to a 
constituent, a distinguished public servant, and a friend--Wayne 
Shackelford, who recently retired as Commissioner of the Georgia 
Department of Transportation.
  During his tenure, Commissioner Shackelford presided over the 
reshaping of Georgia's transportation network, helping build up our 
state's infrastructure for the 21st century. As one of the fastest 
growing states in the Union, with a population rapidly approaching 8 
million, Georgia will face many challenges in the coming decades. We 
are well prepared to meet those challenges in large part thanks to the 
vision and leadership of Wayne Shackelford.
  Since taking office in 1991, he has overseen the construction of more 
than 5,000 miles of new roads throughout the state, while stewarding 
such innovations as Georgia's first express lanes for buses and car 
pools and a computer system to monitor and manage traffic movement. In 
fact, Georgia DOT's Advanced Transportation Management System, 
NAVIGATOR, is the most complete model of an urban transportation 
management system in the United States and is being studied by 
transportation leaders worldwide.
  Commissioner Shackelford is recognized for his interest in multimodal 
and intermodal transportation issues. He has refocused the efforts of 
Georgia DOT on the movement of people and goods, not just vehicles, and 
has looked beyond roads by initiating the development of passenger rail 
service and expanding rural airports to accommodate commuter aircraft.
  His leadership extends to regional and national transportation policy 
development. He served as President of the Southeastern Association of 
State Highway and Transportation Officials in 1993 and was President of 
the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials 
in 1995. He was also Chairman of the Board of Directors of the 
Intelligent Transportation Society of America from 1998 to 1999 and 
continues to serve on the Board. In addition, he became Chairman of the 
Executive Committee of the Transportation Research Board of the 
National Research Council in January, 1999 and was a member of the 
President's Council on Year 2000 Conversion.
  He has earned many national and state awards, including the Key 
Citizen of 1996 Award from the Georgia Municipal Association. In 
September, 1997, the State Transportation Board dedicated the 
Transportation Management Center in Atlanta as the Wayne Shackelford 
Building.
  The Georgia DOT has also won many top national awards under 
Commissioner Shackelford's leadership, including the top national 
awards for asphalt and concrete paving for 1996 and the top quality 
construction awards from the National Asphalt Paving Association in 
1997 and 1998. Georgia has been rated for two consecutive years--and 
for many of the past 15 years--as having the best-maintained roads in 
the nation.
  For these and many other achievements it is my great pleasure to 
commend Commissioner Shackelford, to thank him for his many years of 
hard work and dedication on behalf of the people of Georgia, and to 
wish him well in all his future endeavors.

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