North Dakota transportation director to step down

BISMARCK — Invoice Panos, the director of the North Dakota Division of Transportation, will step down on Sept. 9 after three years within the place. He cited household obligations in his dwelling state of California as the explanation for his resignation.

The company’s deputy director of engineering, Ron Henke, will function interim director.

Gov. Doug Burgum introduced Panos’ resignation on Wednesday, Aug. 10. The Republican governor appointed Panos, the previous director of Wyoming’s transportation division, to guide North Dakota’s transportation company in August 2019.

“Below Invoice’s excellent management, the Division of Transportation has made vital progress in lots of areas together with visitors security, strategic planning and improved entry for constituents, particularly to on-line companies,” Burgum stated in a information launch.

Panos praised the division’s workers, noting that they’ve “redefined our tradition and expanded who we have now helped.”

“I ask you to know that my determination comes after months of reflection on my household wants and private objectives and without charge to my hopefulness for North Dakota’s future or the impression I do know it will possibly have,” Panos stated. “The state is reworking, and Crew ND will play a elementary function in shaping it.”

The Division of Transportation has almost 1,000 workers and a biennial finances of $2.2 billion. The company is answerable for sustaining roads and bridges throughout the state.