These awards have been designed to recognize outstanding transportation projects, processes, and people who incorporate environmental stewardship into the planning and project development processes using FHWA funding sources. NCDOT nominated twelve outstanding projects and initiatives for the 2003 awards. Award plaques were presented to the winners in an Earth Day Ceremony on April 22, 2003, in Washington, D.C. NCDOT was awarded with a 2003 Environmental Excellence Award for Excellence in Environmental Leadership. The winning nomination was titled "A Partnership for Improving North Carolina's Environment." To view information and pictures on each of NCDOT's nominations click on the project below.

NCDOT's 2003 Environmental Excellence Award
A Partnership for Improving North Carolina's Environment

From L-R: NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Bill Ross and Chief Deputy Secretary Dempsey Benton, with NC Department of Transportation Secretary Lyndo Tippett and Deputy Secretary Roger Sheats in Washington, D.C. after receiving the Environmental Excellence Award.

• Air Quality Round Table
• Railroad Depot and Roundhouse Renovations
• Partnership for Improving North Carolina's Environment
• Tulula Creek Wetland Mitigation Site
• Old Salem Timber Pedestrian Bridge
• Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Mitigation Sites
• North Carolina's Environmental Permitting Process Improvement Initiative
• Cherohala Skyway
• Wilmington Bypass - Chair Road Community
• Lengyel Mitigation Site in New Bern
• American Tobacco Trail
• North Carolina Mean about Clean

For more information on FHWA’s 2003 Environmental Excellence Awards click here