Caltrans - Tue August 22, 2023
Caltrans' Savings Providing for Better Project Results
As mandated by SB 1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, Caltrans is required to achieve at least $100 million in efficiencies each year to invest back in the maintenance and rehabilitation of the state highway system....
Caltrans - Tue August 22, 2023
Construction Crews Begin Repairs On California Route 118 Sinkhole
Caltrans continues steady progress on repairs at a sinkhole created on Route 118 freeway in Chatsworth. Crews are rebuilding drainage pipeline, placing sections of concrete pipe that weigh 6.5 tons each and 5 ft....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 09, 2023
GVJV Performs Milling, Paving Operation in Los Angeles
The California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $103.98 million SR 57 Pavement Replacement Project that is replacing 4.4 mi. of pavement in Los Angeles County began in August 2020 and is expected to be delivered in 2024....
Caltrans - Mon July 24, 2023
California Dept. of Transportation Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
Fifty years ago this month, the State of California established a new Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to unify a wide range of transportation functions under a single entity. Since July 1973, the department has managed one of the most complex transportation systems in the nation and helped play a vital role in creating the world's fourth largest economy....
Caltrans - Mon July 24, 2023
VIDEO: Caltrans Honors 11 Workers With Medal of Valor Awards
The state of California recently honored 11 Caltrans employees with the Governor's State Employee Medal of Valor, the highest honors California bestows on its public servants. The awards are given to state employees for acts of heroism that go beyond the normal call of duty and at great personal risk to protect state property or save lives....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 12, 2023
Ortiz Enterprises Upgrades One of U.S. Busiest Freeways
Ortiz Enterprises Inc. is looking to deliver the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $41.5 million I-405 Western Avenue to Crenshaw Boulevard Auxiliary Lanes Project in Torrance this fall....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 14, 2023
Q&D Restoring Slope Scour in Golden State
Due to serious damage caused by storms, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is working on a permanent restoration project along State Route 70 in Plumas County. Q&D Construction LLC began work on July 11, 2022, and is expected to complete the project by 2024....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 30, 2023
McCullough Construction Replacing Swift Creek Bridge
Crews from McCullough Construction Inc. are eager to complete the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $14 million replacement of the Swift Creek Bridge on State Route 3 in Trinity County, a project that is 90 percent complete....
Caltrans - Tue May 02, 2023
Caltrans Breaks Ground On Bridge, Unveils New Signs
Caltrans recently unveiled new "Rebuilding CA" highway signs that will highlight the record levels of state and federal infrastructure funding being put to work on projects statewide to create a safer, more sustainable and more resilient transportation system....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 19, 2023
Qualcon Contractors, Caltrans Clear Unprecedented California Snowfall, Storms
Caltrans highways in the Eastern Sierra Nevada have and are feeling the brunt of the heavy rains and snow falls hitting the area in rapid succession and via intense short periods, which in turn have led to avalanches, mudslides and flooding that have closed roads for extended periods and damaged infrastructure....
