Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 05, 2019
CCTA, Caltrans Work on $136M Project Near San Francisco
Work is under way on a $136 million interchange improvement project at the Interstate 680 and the State Route 4 Interchange in Contra Costa County near San Francisco. It is the first phase of the project....
Caltrans - Tue June 04, 2019
Caltrans Awards Millions to Improve Transportation
Caltrans has awarded $40.5 million to local agencies for transportation projects statewide. The grant money will be used for planning on projects that will reduce transportation-related greenhouse gas emissions and the impacts of climate change....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed March 13, 2019
Winter Storms Cause Road Damage in Southern California
Following a brutal winter season that brought record rainfalls, sharp winds and heavy blankets of snow throughout portions of the state, work crews in Southern California are currently focusing their efforts on areas ravaged by recent torrential downpours....
Caltrans - Wed January 16, 2019
Caltrans Studies How Climate Change Affects Highway System
Caltrans has released two Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments as part of an effort to understand how and where climate change may impact the state highway system. The new reports for Northern California and the Central Valley continue the department's efforts to assess all regions of the state....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 19, 2018
$631M Interchange Under Way on I-5
A $631M project is considered as a big step toward reducing traffic on Interstate 5 in southern Los Angeles and northern Orange counties. Known as the Valley View Avenue Interchange Project, work is centered in La Mirada and spans 1.5 mi....
Sophia Bollag - Associated Press - Wed September 26, 2018
FPPC Investigates Possible Finance Rules Violation
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. (AP) California's campaign watchdog said it is investigating whether a campaign to preserve the state's recent gas tax hike violated finance rules. The Fair Political Practices Commission will look into a complaint filed by the opposing campaign that alleges state employees distributed flyers urging voters to keep the tax increase in place....
Chuck Harvey – CEG Correspondent - Wed September 12, 2018
$247M Caltrans Project Replaces Historic Bridge
Caltrans District 7 in Los Angeles is working on a $247 million project to replace a historic, but aging Commodore Schuyler Heim bridge that was not designed for today's taller ships to pass beneath....
AASHTO Journal - Wed August 29, 2018
State Receives Funding to Help Fight Multiple Wildfires
The Trump administration declared on Aug. 5 that “a major disaster exists” in California as a spate of wildfires — at least 17 separate blazes covering more than 600,000 acres of land — continue to destroy private homes and transportation infrastructure, as well as causing other damage across the northern and western parts of the state....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed August 01, 2018
Pacific Coast Hwy. Reopens After $54M Cleanup
Exactly 14 months after the earth gave way along Highway 1 at Mud Creek near Big Sur — also known as the Pacific Coast Highway — Caltrans held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on July 20 to officially reopen the scenic coastal roadway....
Chuck Harvey - Wed June 06, 2018
Caltrans Plans to Reopen Highway 1 by Mid-September
Caltrans plans a mid-September reopening of a stretch of Highway 1 near Big Sur that has been blocked nearly a year by a huge landslide following strong winter storms in 2017. So far, the repairs have cost about $54 million....
