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Transportation 2025: RANDY CLARKE
GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO, WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Transportation 2025: RANDY CLARKE
GENERAL MANAGER AND CEO, WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Virginia Business //September 2, 2025//
Banas oversees the $3.9 billion Hampton Roads Bridge- Tunnel Expansion, the largest highway construction project in Virginia’s history and one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country.
In May, the tunnel boring machine, nicknamed Mary, saw its mining operations pass the halfway point with nearly 60% of the more than 7,900-foot second tunnel excavated. As of June, estimated substantial completion for the expansion project remains February 2027. Once complete, VDOT officials expect it to ease congestion.
A project manager with HNTB for more than 10 years, Banas also has worked on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge- Tunnel expansion, the Arlington National Cemetery Southern Expansion and the Elizabeth River Tunnels project. Prior to HNTB, he spent five years as assistant construction manager with Parsons Brinckerhoff (now WSP USA) working on projects including the Gilmerton Bridge replacement in Chesapeake and the Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Alexandria.
In November 2024, Banas received the Honorable Ray LaHood award from WTS International’s Hampton Roads chapter and the Icon Award from the Hampton Roads Chamber.
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