BALTIMORE & CHARLOTTE, N.C., June 4, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Traffic Group, Inc. (TTG) – one of the nation's leading traffic engineering and transportation planning firms – has expanded operations to North Carolina under the name The Traffic Group of NC, PLLC, an associated entity.
Headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, The Traffic Group has set up operations in Charlotte. Mickey Cornelius, P.E., PTOE, RSP, one of the first certified Professional Traffic Operations Engineers (PTOE) and Road Safety Professionals (RSP) in the nation heads the North Carolina office operations.
"The Traffic Group saw the same kind of opportunities for growth in North Carolina as Chief Executive Magazine, which recently ranked it as one of the top-performing states in the nation," says Wes Guckert, PTP, President & CEO of The Traffic Group.
"North Carolina's business-friendly climate, combined with its impressive infrastructure, including access to premier engineering talent from area universities, were all major factors in our decision to expand here," Guckert continues. "In addition, multiple existing clients have asked us to open a North Carolina operation in order to coordinate new work with us."
Two Fortune 500 companies – Honeywell and Advance Auto Parts – relocated their corporate headquarters to North Carolina in the past year, adding nearly 1,200 new jobs. In 2018, the state posted its second-best year in a decade for the number of new jobs attached to state-supported project wins, totaling 19,541.
The Traffic Group of NC, PLLC anticipates adding traffic engineers and support staff to its Charlotte office.
The company already undertakes traffic counting services for the North Carolina Department of Transportation and has done so for the last 10 years.
About The Traffic Group, Inc.
Established in 1985, The Traffic Group, Inc. (TTG) is a Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business traffic engineering and transportation planning specialty firm headquartered in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Through use of sophisticated technology and the in-house experience of more than 70 industry professionals, TTG offers services that help determine road improvements, signal and sign location, lighting plans, land usage, public facility and capacity issues, and security measures. With over4,000 pieces of traffic data collection equipment, The Traffic Group has the largest inventory of such equipment in the U.S. and conducts more than 100,000 counts for clients annually.
For more information about The Traffic Group, visit the company's website at http://www.trafficgroup.com or follow them on Twitter @TheTrafficGrp.
SOURCE The Traffic Group, Inc.
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