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Project Development Manager
Texas Department of Transportation

Yvette Flores is a Project Development Manager in the Corridor Planning Branch of TxDOT’s Transportation Planning and Programming Division. Yvette and the Corridor Planning team are responsible for the development of the transportation corridor planning program, with a focus on statewide, regional, and cross district needs. The Branch identifies and prioritizes transportation corridors of statewide significance to be evaluated, which includes interstate feasibility studies, corridor studies, relief routes, environmental studies and schematic designs. Prior to TxDOT, Yvette worked in the private sector as a transportation and urban planner. Yvette holds a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning from the University of Texas at Austin.

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