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Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

Metro District Traffic Engineering

Contacts

Leadership

Title Contact Phone
Director of Operations & Maintenance Steve Misgen 651-440-4338
District Traffic Engineer Lars Impola 651-440-4117

Data collection

Title Contact Phone
Supervisor Cherzon Riley 612-322-1080

Lighting

Title Contact Phone
Lighting Engineer Lars Impola 651-440-4117
Project Manager Paul Babin 651-234-7873
Lighting Management Supervisor John Pedersen 651-775-3855
Agreements & Special Provisions Lars Impola 651-440-4117

Program Support

Title Contact Phone
Program Support Engineer Ashley Hansen 651-775-9497
North Area Manager Rabi Pariyar 651-234-7815
South Area Manager Ashley Hansen 651-775-9497
East Area Manager Kaare Festvog 651-440-2855
West Area Manager Zaheer Khan 651-234-7811

Signal Design

Title Contact Phone
Signal Design Engineer Lars Impola 651-440-4117
Project Manager* Chris Bosak 651-234-7812
Project Manager* Matt Barnes 651-234-7872
Project Manager* Stephen Kuralle 651-234-7802
Agreements and Special Provisions Matt Barnes 651-234-7872
*Project Manager Corridor Assignments

Signal Operations

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Title Contact Phone
Signal Operations Engineer John Fahrendorf 651-775-1264
Maintenance Supervisor Marty Carlson 651-775-1277
Construction Engineer Derek Lehrke651-238-6362
Construction Supervisor Bruce Camitsch 651-775-1263
After hours (4 p.m. to 6 a.m.) Metro Signal Operations 651-234-7110

Signing

Title Contact Phone
Signing Engineer Eric Lauer-Hunt 651-775-0717
North Metro Supervisor Haile Werke 651-775-5361
South Metro Supervisor Ben Christensen 651-775-1251
West Metro Supervisor Gennadiy Begelman 651-775-3310

Traffic Operations and Modeling

Title Contact Phone
Traffic Operations Engineer Kevin Schwartz 651-775-5645
Optimization Engineer Kao Soua Yang 651-775-3203
Modeling Engineer Kevin Sommers 651-234-7844

Work Zones and Pavement Marking

Title Contact Phone
Work Zones & Pavement Marking Engineer Mitch Bartelt 651-272-7082
East Metro Supervisor Paul Moser 651-755-1353
West Metro Supervisor Scott McLean 651-775-1276
Impact Analysis Engineer Mohamed Bah 651-234-7831