Peters Departing From Post as FHWA Administrator
ederal Highway Administrator Mary Peters is stepping down after nearly four years as the nation's top highway official, FHWA said.
Peters informed Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta late last week of her plans to return home to be with family in Phoenix, and told her senior staff this morning, FHWA said. The agency is part of DOT.
FHWA Deputy Administrator Rick Capka will serve as Acting Administrator when Peters departs at the end of July.
She encouraged the use of new technologies that reduce construction time and expense and result in safer, longer-lasting highways, led a national campaign to improve safety in highway work zones and worked to streamline the decision-making process for major transportation projects.
"Mary has left a lasting impression on the history of surface transportation," Mineta said.
eters was director of the Arizona Department of Transportation when nominated by President Bush for the federal post four years ago. She was sworn in as the FHWA administrator on Oct. 2, 2001.
