It was not so long ago that people dreaded road trips, whether commuting or occasional traveling that necessitated going through the highway remodeling and construction at the junction of NYS Route 17 and Interstate 87, the NYS Thruway. Now, it is a breeze!

As Orange County’s personal and commercial vehicular traffic escalated due to more residents, schools, large shopping centers, and a greater effort by varied regional businesses and tourism to create destination centers of interest, the need was real to fix the congestion at this major road intersection. So, evolved the Transformation of the Woodbury Interchange at Route 17, Exit 131 and I87 - NYS Thruway.

This major redesign and reconstruction will be explained by the experts who directed the project: Scott Geiger, PE and Brendan Fitzgerald, PE. Geiger, who recently retired, was the Director of the Office of Construction, NYSDOT. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University (Virginia Tech). Fitzgerald, who is Principal & Founding Partner of Hudson Valley Engineering Associates, was Resident Engineer/Construction Quality Control Engineer of the project. He received an AAS from SUNY Delhi and a BS in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Cornell University.

The presentation is available as a free webinar for which zoom registration is required by clicking HERE.

The scheduled day/date/time is Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at 7pm.

Topics to be discussed include: project location with a brief history of its traffic conditions and need for improvement; project development effort and coordination with I-87 Interchange 16; outreach effort and funding challenge; design-build delivery and ATC and re-evaluation; accelerated construction finishing with project success.

One PDH-CEU is offered for attendance by engineers, architects, and municipal officials. Certificates will be issued upon completion of lecture questions. After registering for the webinar, further register for the PDH-CEU by emailing cultural@sunyorange.edu with “for PDH-CEU” in the subject line. Subsequently, the lecture questions card will be emailed to registrants.

Questions may be addressed to cultural@sunyorange.edu
Also consult the website at www.sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs