NDOT Director Swallow set to depart the agency
Nevada Department of Transportation Director Kristina Swallow will vacate her role with the agency as the new year starts.
Swallow, who was appointed as director on Jan. 31, 2019, by outgoing Gov. Steve Sisolak, announced via Twitter that she no longer would serve in the role sometime after Gov.-elect Joe Lombardo is sworn in to office in January.
“I don’t know when my last day will be or what the future holds, but I will stay as long as is needed to ensure a smooth transition for the team and the state,” Swallow tweeted.
Swallow broke down a list of accomplishments made during her time with NDOT that included updating the state’s Strategic Highway Safety Plan to include equity and addressing speeding and adding safety improvements such as wrong way driver alert systems and the addition of passing and climbing lanes.
She also noted that 233 projects were approved during the first three fiscal years of her time at NDOT and included the finality to major projects such as the $1 billion Project Neon, the most-expensive public works project in state history.
Project Neon also brought on board 22 continuous miles of high occupancy vehicle lanes between Interstate 15 and U.S. Highway 95 and the controversial 24/7 enforcement of the lanes. The enforcement hours were recently changed to between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. as part of a pilot program.
Before being appointed director of NDOT, Swallow spent 25 years in the civil engineering industry, including serving as the program manager for the city of Las Vegas’ department of public works.
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