495 Express (formerly known as-I-495 High Occupancy Toll Lanes)
Crystal City Dinner Meetings
495 Express (formerly known as-I-495 High Occupancy Toll Lanes)
featuring
John D. Lynch, P.E.
Regional Transportation Program Director
Virginia Department of Transportation
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About the Presentation
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) along with Fluor-Transurban are working together to provide key transportation improvements to the Capital Beltway in the form of new toll lanes. The new lanes, recently renamed “495 Express” are two new lanes in each direction from the Springfield Interchange to just north of the Dulles Toll Road.
The 495 Express project includes replacing more than $260 million of aging infrastructure, including more than 50 bridges and overpasses as well as upgrading 12 key interchanges and providing new access points at Merrifield and Tysons Corner. When the 495 Express system opens in December 2012, it will provide the first high occupancy vehicle (HOV) and reliable transit options to the Beltway. The presentation will focus on an overview, update and coordination from the Department’s perspective.
Metro Accessible via Crystal City Metro. Follow exit signs for Crystal Gateway Marriott to enter lobby directly.
About the Speaker
John D. Lynch, P.E.
John Lynch is currently the Regional Transportation Program Director for the NOVA Virginia Mega Projects and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project Manager.
He provides oversight responsibilities for a program in excess of $5 billion. He is responsible for delivering NOVA’s Mega projects on time, on budget, safely and with quality, no excuses. Program Areas he oversees include Program and Project Management (6 projects), Design, R/W and Construction Management, Program Administration, Civil Rights, Project and Regional Traffic Management Plans, Communication and Outreach. The projects within these program areas include Projects:
The I-495 HOT Lanes - $ 1.6 billion (Construction)
I-95 HOT Lanes – $ 1 billion (Construction, Maintenance & Operation, Phase 1)
I-95 Fourth Lane Widening – $ 95 million (Construction/Complete)
Dulles Metro Extension - $1.9 billion (Construction, Phase 1)
BRAC/Fairfax County Parkway at the Engineering Proving Grounds - $148 million
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Telegraph Road Interchange - $250 million
Jones Point Park Reconstruction - $20 million
He has been in this position since May 2010.
Previous to being appointed the Regional Transportation Director for the Mega Projects, John Lynch served as the Assistant District Administrator for Construction (DCE) in the Northern Virginia District, providing oversight for the largest construction program in the Commonwealth. In this DCE position, he was responsible for delivering NOVA’s construction program on time, on budget, with quality and for meeting state wide performance measures and objectives. He championed a highly skilled, goal-oriented work force and development of a cost and schedule-driven program and project management philosophy for the District program. He was and continues to be very active with proactively participation and contributions to the District’s executive management team in a variety of capacities. He filled the DCE position from July 2008 until May 2010.
Prior to being named District Construction Engineer, John served as the Northern Virginia District Location and Design Engineer and had been in that position since October 2003. His responsibility in this L&D Engineer position included managing the Project Development Program for the Northern Virginia Six Year Program, which is the funding mechanism for the transportation program for the Northern Virginia District. Duties included supervision of the Section of approximately fifty staff members comprised of program and project managers, transportation and hydraulic engineers and surveyors.
Prior to joining the Virginia Department of Transportation in October 2003, John worked in the private sector for over 20 years as a Department Head, Section Manager, Project Manager and Design Engineer for several consulting engineering firms, the most recent a fifteen year stint with Jacobs Civil, Inc. (Formerly Sverdrup Civil) and spent time with HNTB, and L. Robert Kimball & Associates in the private sector. John started his career with Caltrans in the Los Angeles area.
John received his Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Delaware and completed a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from George Mason University in the spring of 2004.
About the Crystal City Dinner Meetings
PMIWDC dinner meetings will be held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in January, February and March. We will return to a newly renovated Fairview Park Marriott in April.
This new location is just two blocks from the Crystal City Metro Station. If you would like to drive, PMIWDC has a discounted rate for self parking at $12. Valet is available for $27.
The Monthly Dinner meeting is held each month on either the 2nd or 3rd Tuesday. Members and Non-Members are welcome to join us for the best speakers and networking the Washington DC area has to offer.
The presentations delivered before (PM Tools) and after (Keynotes) monthly dinner meetings are educational and informative to those professionals operating in the field of project management and functioning in leadership roles in industry and government. Each event will present specific learning points, unique to the presenter's area of expertise and the subject matter discussed while directly relating to improving the practice of managing projects and leading others. Both the PM Tools session and the monthly dinner meeting are worth 1 Professional Development Unit (PDU) each to certified PMPs.
If this will be your first time attending a dinner meeting, be sure to read about the event schedule, costs, and cancellation policies.
