Minnesota Highways, July 1955

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VOL.  4,  NO.   9
1246 University Ave., St. Paul 4, Minn.
JULY,   1955
Zimmerman Will Be
New Chief Engineer
Highway department employees will welcome back a
long-time fellow worker and friend August  1 when  L.  P.
Zimmerman,  Hennepin  county  engineer for  the past  nine
*M| s, assumes his new duties as the department's new chid
^^ineer.
Zimmerman was with the Highway department for 12
years, from its organization in 1921 to 1933, serving in several important positions which gave him a wide acquaintanceship in the department as well'as throughout the state.
He will succeed O. L. Kipp, out
standing figure in the development
of the Trunk Highway System for
over three decades, who is retiring
as chief engineer and assistant
commissioner of highways. Kipp,
who has occupied the dual post
since 1943, has been with the department since 1917. He will continue with the department in a
contract consulting engineer capac-
"Zim's' appointment was made
under the provisions of chapter
462, laws of 1941, which provide
for the interchange of engineering
personnel between the state and
counties within the classified service.
"The position was profferd to
Mr. Zimmerman on the basis of his
established and demonstrated ability, both as an engineer and an
administrator," Commissioner Hoffman said in announcing Zimmerman's acceptance: "It is gratifying
to me, and I am sure to all members of our enginering staff who
have worked with him in the past,
to learn that Mr. Zimmerman has
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Minn. Wins First in
Traffic Safety Work
Minnesota has the high distinction of having captured
first place among midwestern states for general traffic safety,
and four other state honors in the 1954 National Traffic
Safety contest conducted by the National Safety council.
Contest results were announced recently.
Employees of the Highway department can be proud of
the state's excellent showing. The department plays the leading role in several traffic safety areas included in the contest
and that role is the sum total of the work of its employees.
The   North   Star   state   placed
first among the nine midwestern
states in traffic engineering, one of
the contest's 10 divisions, and won
outstanding achievement awards in
the accident records and safety
organization divisions and a city
participation award. The outstanding achievement awards are top
ratings in those divisions.
The city participation achievement award to Minnesota was for
its being one of seven states
throughout the nation in which all
the eligible cities (22 in Minnesota)  participated in the contest's
municipal competitions.
Accident records in Minnesota
are assembled and analyzed by
the Highway Department's Accident Becords section and the Minnesota Safety council, which promotes and serves safety organizations and conducts statewide traffic safety activity, is affiliated with
the Highway department.
Besides conducting regular activity in various areas covered by
the contest, the Highway department coordinates statewide traffic
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Two long-time associates in the Highway departm3nt renewed their working
affiliation when Commissioner M. J. Hoffmann, right, welcomed back to the department, L. P. Zimmerman, as the chief engineer.
Where to find room for the seventh successive traffic engineering safety award
won by Minnesota was the question before these Traffic and Planning division
executives. J. E. P. Darrell, left, division director, and William G. Klett traffic engineer, agreed it should go around the corner to the right just where the reflection of
the  sixth  plaque in the glass partition  shows how it will  look  in  place.