MCDITE Webinar Series: Highlights of 2025 – Looking Toward 2026!

Join your fellow Mid-Colonial District colleagues for this informative webinar featuring a presentation on When Multiple Projects Collide: Managing the Traffic Phasing of the Charleston Metro Bridge Initiative

There will also be a District Year in Review from Mahmood Shehata and What is coming in 2026 from Adam Greenstein!

It is estimated that this webinar will be eligible for 0.5 PDHs.

Agenda:

• 11:00am-11:05am – Welcome/District Announcements
• 11:05am-11:15am – MCDITE in 2025 (Mahmood, 2025 District President)
• 11:15am-11:40am – Technical Presentation (Amy Staud & Bridget Wagner, HDR)
• 11:40am-11:45am – Audience Questions
• 11:45am-11:55am – MCDITE in 2026 (Adam, 2026 District President and current Vice President)
• 11:55am-12:00pm – Final Business Announcments/Adjourn

Register Here ($10 for Members, $20 for Non-Members, $0 for students/agency/retired)

Presentation: When Multiple Project Collide: Managing the Traffic Phasing of the Charleston Metro Bridge Initiative 

The passing of the IIJA led to a “once in a generation” investment in infrastructure. Like many state DOTs, West Virginia’s program has expanded to unprecedented funding levels. WVDOT will receive $3.7B in Federal Highway formula funding over the life of IIJA. This is a 35% increase annually in their program when compared to the FAST Act. Additionally, over the next five years, WVDOT will receive $109M/year in dedicated funding for bridges. In response, WVDOT has initiated design on over 50 bridge replacement and rehabilitation projects in and around the state capital, many of which are on or over I-64 and I-77. Each of these roadways carry 100,000 vehicles per day and serve as critical arteries in the Charleston Metro area. In addition to the bridge projects, there are also NBIS bridge inspections, resurfacing, and other projects. A multi-faceted approach is underway to help mitigate the potential of overlapping work zones, detours, and other conflicts during construction. Come learn about this initiative and the innovative tools developed to perform conflict analysis of these projects.

Speakers: 

Amy Staud, PE, PTOE, RSP1	Bridget Wagner, GISP
Amy Staud, PE, PTOE, RSP1 is HDR’s Northeast Traffic Engineering Lead and has over 25 years of experience in traffic operations, microsimulation, and design of signing, signals, and lighting.	Bridget Wagner, GISP is HDR’s East Region Geospatial Coordinator and has over 14 years of experience in providing geospatial management and services for federal, state, and local water, resources, and transportation projects. Bridget has integrated cloud and web-based mapping solutions, as well as standardized database schemas, for project management, asset management, field work coordination, and stakeholder engagement.