Michael T. Long was the Project Delivery Manager for the Oregon Department of Transportation, Region 2, which includes 13,000 square miles of western Oregon. He managed a program that includes environmental, landscape and engineering design and construction, with a staff of 200 employees and 14 managers, with a construction program budget of over $500 Million. His primary responsibilities were to keep over 150 projects on time and under budget, and to coordinate issues with elected officials and the public. He was on assignment to the Director’s Office during the 2009 legislative session. He was an interdisciplinary team specialist, responsible for transportation route studies using air photo interpretation and on‑site investigations to locate stable transportation corridors for logging roads . Michael T. Long was the Chair of the Low-Volume Roads Committee AFB30, National Academies (NA), Transportation Research Board (TRB).

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