Caltrans - Tue December 13, 2022
Caltrans Employees Receive Public Servants Highest Honor
Gov. Gavin Newsom recently presented four heroic employees of the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) with the Governor's State Employee Medal of Valor Award, the highest honor California bestows on its public servants....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 13, 2022
DGC Crews Move Passing Lanes Project Forward
The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is investing a fair amount of money into upgrading highways in the Yuba County area and one of them is the $131 million State Route 70 Safety Improvement and Passing Lanes Project that is being constructed by DeSilva Gates Construction (DGC)....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 30, 2022
Crews Construct Caltrans' Longest Single Span
A joint venture consisting of Teichert Construction and MCM Construction Inc. began construction on the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $63.9 million State Route 70 Corridor Improvement Project in June 2021, which covers the 4-mi....
Caltrans - Tue October 18, 2022
Federal Approval of Funds Results in EV Charging Stations
California has the green light to start using federal infrastructure funding to expand electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along the state's interstates and highways following the recent federal approval of a joint plan by Caltrans and California Energy Commission....
Caltrans - Tue October 18, 2022
California Officials Break Ground On New 10,000-Mi., $3.8B Project
Construction began recently in rural San Diego County on the first leg of the 10,000-mi. broadband network aimed at bringing high-speed internet services to all Californians so they can access emergency information, telehealth services, education and employment....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue October 18, 2022
Crews Scale Mountainous Terrain to Complete Project
Powell Constructors Inc. began construction of the California Department of Transportation's (Caltrans) $21.4 million North Sherwin Shoulders Project in April 2021 in mountainous terrain more than 7,000 ft....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed October 05, 2022
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. Reconstructs Highway in Mojave Desert
Fisher Sand & Gravel Co. (FSGC), along with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), is nearing the completion of 50 mi. of new lanes in southern Inyo County via its Olancha-Cartago 4-Lane Project, a $134.8 million investment....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Tue September 20, 2022
Atkinson Moves Mountains On California Highway Project
Motorists understand that it can be aggravating — and even dangerous — being trapped behind a line of tractor trailers going in the same direction. Caltrans and crews from Atkinson Construction are removing some of the aggravation and adding safety to a stretch of State Route 46 in central California....
Associated Press - Wed September 07, 2022
Crews Make Emergency Fixes to I-10 Washout in California
DESERT CENTER, Calif. (AP) Highway workers have opened a second lane for travel on the main route from Los Angeles east to Phoenix after repairing damage caused by monsoonal flooding during the last week of August....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 23, 2022
Flatiron, Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring Inc. Restore Eroding Slopes
The California Department of Transportation is spending $51 million to construct two secant (retaining) walls to restore eroded slopes on the coastal side of the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH, Route 1) south of Point Mugu State Park in Ventura County....
