Alan Williamson, Jr., PE, Construction Engineering Manager-East for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC), was named 2025 Engineer of the Year by Central Pennsylvania Engineers Week Council, an organization that celebrates the work of the engineering profession and encourages young people to consider careers in engineering.
According to a PTC news release, Mr. Williamson led teams that converted the tollway to all-electronic tolling earlier in this decade and are now engaged in introducing open-road tolling (ORT) across the entire PTC network. Last month, the first phase an ORT system transition was successfully completed on the turnpike east of Reading. PTC added, “In his current role since 2021, [Williamson] he leads a team that delivers more than 60% of PA Turnpike infrastructure investment, totaling over $400 million annually and more than $3.5 billion across 10 years covering 170 miles of the turnpike system.”
Williamson is the fourth PTC engineer to win the council’s annual Engineer of the Year award.