Slade Engstrom from GFT and David Church from WSP will be presenting on the K-96 project in Wichita, KS

Please note that we will be holding this meeting virtually. We plan to start at 12:00pm (noon). 

Project Description: WSP and GFT partnered with the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) to implement the K-96 Improvements Project, which will enhance safety, increase capacity, and alleviate congestion on the heavily trafficked Kansas State Highway 96 (K-96) freeway in Wichita. With a budget of $260 million, the K-96 Improvements Project will upgrade the K-96 corridor between Interstate 135 and Interstate 35. The nine-mile stretch of freeway will undergo significant upgrades to accommodate the anticipated growth and development in the region, where daily vehicle users will double from 50,000 to 100,000 by 2050.

Harvesters Donation: In addition to our normal meeting, we will be collecting our annual donation for Harvesters. Harvesters provides food and related household products to more than 760 nonprofit agencies including emergency food pantries, community kitchens, homeless shelters, children’s homes and others. They also offer education programs to increase community awareness of hunger and teach about good nutrition. Harvesters is a certified member of Feeding America, a nationwide network of more than 200 food banks. In 2011, Harvesters was Feeding America’s Food Bank of the Year.  Since we are holding this meeting virtually at no cost, please consider donating to Harvesters in lieu of your typical meeting registration fee.  Thank you for your generosity! 

Bios:
David A. Church, P.E., PTOE, RSP¹ is a Senior Traffic Engineer with WSP in their Kansas City, MO office where he has worked for the past seventeen years.  David received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Kansas State University in 1991.  Early in his career, he worked for Caltrans in Northern California as a Road Design Engineer before moving back to Kansas.  David spent 13.5 years working for the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) in the Bureau of Traffic Engineering in a variety of different roles. David specializes in the traffic safety aspects of transportation and is a 21-year member of the National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD). David and his wife Lori live in Topeka, KS and have a son (Hunter) who lives in Colorado Springs, CO.

Slade Engstrom, PE, PTOE is currently a Principal/Senior Vice President, National Practice Leader for Traffic Services and the Midwest Traffic Group Leader in the GFT located in the Wichita office. Slade is involved in a variety of professional organizations, including IBTTA, KSPE, ASCE, ITE, ITS Heartland and APWA. Slade has worked at GFT since graduating high school and attended Kansas State University for his undergraduate degree in civil engineering. Slade is involved in several projects with KDOT and other agencies and was the K-96 Traffic Services project Leader.