The City of Richmond created a new Department of Transportation (DOT) within the Department of Public Works (DPW) in January as a response to an uptick in traffic-related pedestrian deaths in the new year.
The DOT will be the primary authority for planning, designing, delivering and maintaining a transportation system in Richmond, according to Mayor Danny Avula’s announcement.
Andy Boenau, the newly appointed director of the DOT, said integrating the it within the DPW will allow the the city to handle big emergencies, streamline connections between the DPW project managers and support staff to deliver projects and allow the DPW director to have authority to govern the surface transportation system — making the DOT a built-in support system.…