The DOT POD

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The DOT POD

Show Notes

As DOT works to rebuild and enhance our vast transportation network, we're often reminded that our state has a rich history far older than our modern infrastructure.

Sometimes our projects reveal what life was like hundreds, even thousands of years ago and on this episode of The DOT POD we dig into the kind of discoveries that are being made as w shape our transportation system.

Josh and Anya are joined by Sean Higgins and Kyle Sommerville who are both with DOTs Office of Environment to shed some light on how the Department is preserving cultural heritage and artifacts amid our goals for modernization and progress.

Click to see the interactive story map: Enduring Connections

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