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Commends Valente Olivarez Jr. for 25 years of service at the Texas Department of Transportation, recognizing his retirement

Olivarez earned a civil engineering degree from Texas A&M University-Kingsville and became a licensed professional engineer, spending 15 years at TxDOT's Pharr District where he received two construction awards

In 2014, transferred to TxDOT's Corpus Christi District to oversee construction, maintenance, and traffic operations for 10 counties, serving as director of operations, deputy district engineer, and district engineer

Managed the $1 billion Harbor Bridge Project, which will become the longest concrete segmental precast cable-stayed bridge in North America and the tallest structure in South Texas, with groundbreaking in 2016

Resolution adopted by the Texas Senate on May 31, 2025, with a copy to be presented to Olivarez as an expression of esteem