Join us for CoreNet Global Houston’s April Annual Members Meeting. David Gornet, executive director of the Grand Parkway Association, will provide an update on the Grand Parkway and discuss its current status and planned segments, its immediate and future impact on Houston mobility and commercial and residential development, issues related to the project, and more.
About the speaker:
David Gornet joined the Grand Parkway Association in June 1999, and, as the executive director, is responsible for promoting the benefits of the highway to area citizens and for supervising the route and environmental studies necessary to satisfy state and federal agencies. He also works with the state and local governments to secure the right-of-way and funding to construct the project.
Prior to joining the Association, David spent 18 years at the Houston based consulting firm of Turner Collie & Braden, now AECOM, where he was principal and project director for transportation planning. It was there that he performed some of the original alignment studies for the Grand Parkway in the early 1980’s. In addition to his Grand Parkway experience, he managed or participated in the planning and environmental studies for I69, the Hardy Toll Road, the Sam Houston Tollway and the Westpark Tollway.
David serves on the Houston Galveston Area Council’s Technical Advisory Committee to the Transportation Policy Council and previously served on the HGAC On-Road Task Force to identify strategies to reduce air pollution in the metro area as well as other transportation related steering or advisory committees for projects throughout the Houston region. He lectured for several years on transportation engineering for Rice University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
David has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, is a registered professional engineer in Texas and other states and has practiced in Houston since 1981.