The latest casualty at Baltimore’s Department of Transportation is its longtime chief of bridge engineering, Scott B. Weaver, sources tell The Brew.

A 17-year department veteran, Weaver supervised the construction of a dozen replacement bridges, including the cost-overrun-laden Harford Road Bridge over Herring Run and the much-delayed Colgate Creek Bridge in Canton.

He was considered a traditional engineer, not especially attuned to the Complete Street philosophy embraced by Mayor Brandon Scott and City Administrator Faith Leach.

Championed by Councilman Ryan Dorsey, Complete Streets has led to dramatic, if scattershot, changes to DOT’s roadway planning, with the aim of promoting safe streets, slower car speeds and increased walkability.

Meanwhile, The Brew was told that the mayor’s office is sending two rising stars to help Berke Attila, the interim DOT director following last week’s ouster of Veronica Perry.

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Ty’lor Schnella is slated to become Attila’s chief of staff, replacing Patrick Fleming, and Graham Young will serve as Attila’s senior advisor.

A 2022 Goucher College graduate, Schnella has moved quickly up the ranks of the Scott administration.

Hired by the Office of Equity and Civil Rights in April 2023, he became the mayor’s liaison to the City Council in late 2023 and then was promoted to deputy director of government relations.

Though he has no transportation expertise, he is expected to carry out the mayor’s Repave Baltimore, Vision Zero Action Plan and West Baltimore United effort to re-envision the “Highway to Nowhere” that mostly stalled under Perry’s short tenure as DOT director.

A professional engineer, Young worked at the DOT traffic division and as an early planner for Complete Streets before moving to the Mayor’s Office of Infrastructure Development.

Last November, he was named assistant deputy mayor under Deputy Mayor Khalil Zaied.

Asked to comment on the personnel changes and how they may impact roadway and pedestrian improvements, the mayor’s press office has not responded.

Mayor: “Delivering world-class transportation”

UPDATE: After this story was posted, the mayor’s office sent the following statement:

“Mayor Scott is committed to building a best-in-class Department of Transportation and has been clear about his expectations for the agency – deliver results for Baltimoreans and build a transportation system that is safer, more reliable and more responsive.

“As part of the Department’s leadership transition, Ty’lor Schnella is serving as Interim Chief of Staff, and Graham Young is serving as Interim Senior Advisor to the Executive Team. Together with the department’s leadership, they are focused on strengthening operations and accelerating progress on key priorities, including resurfacing more streets, repairing sidewalks, improving safety and delivering the world-class transportation system Baltimore deserves.”