CALTRANS NEWS

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Upcoming Events for Bicyclists
May is National Bike Month. Caltrans headquarters, several districts, and many communities will be organizing and participating in special bike events. Caltrans is proud to sponsor local and statewide bicycling events. Go ... More

News

I-40 Merits Three Partnering Awards
Caltrans has received the national Marvin M. Black award from the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America and the 2008 Excellence in Partnering Award from the AGC of California for collaborating to successfully improve... More

Energy-Saving "Power Naps"
Naps are good for your computer and good for saving on energy costs, too! A pilot program to test power management software confirmed that giving computers “power naps” reduces energy use by about 50 ... More

Emotional Ceremony Honors California and Country-Wide Highway Deaths
On April 8 the west steps of California’s capitol were packed with spectators, media, dignitaries and more than 100 family members of the 170 Caltrans employees killed in the line of service since 1924. A giant LED screen ... More

Volunteers Clean Up Litter and Graffiti
Caltrans and Keep California Beautiful (KCB) employees picked up enough roadside trash throughout the state to fill one and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools on March 4. Landscape and road maintenance crews; special .. More

Kempton Appointed to Executive Committee
The California Transportation Foundation is a proud co-sponsor of the annual Workers Memorial Tribute held in April on the steps of the State’s Capitol. The ceremony honors employees who lost their lives while working for the... More

Bold Fix for I-5 in Sacramento
Director Will Kempton announced in March that Caltrans and its contractor, C. C. Myers Inc. of Rancho Cordova, have an innovative plan to repair a troubled three-quarter-mile stretch of Interstate 5 in Sacramento. Significant ... More

Groundbreaking for Martins Ferry Bridge Repairs
Though Martins Ferry Bridge is off the beaten path for most Californians, the bridge is an important lifeline for area residents heading to Route 169. So when a Caltrans bridge inspection team found an adjacent landslide had ... More

Hats Off

The following is quoted from a blog on www.sparselysageandtimely.com, reprinted here with permission of David V. Mitchell, editor and publisher emeritus of "The Point Reyes Light:" Storm water... More

Health and Wellness

Plastic Container Risks
Before you reuse your plastic water bottle, read this and consider using another container. Numerous recent studies show that bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used to manufacture hard plastic bottles and food ... More

Award Honorees

The following employees retired in April and certificates were requested... More

CTN Extra!

District 4’s Cheryl Koire – A Real Estate Expert
Cheryl Koire, a district branch chief in District 4’s Right of Way Appraisal Office, was featured in the Winter 2008 issue of the American Society of Appraisers’ ASA Professional Magazine. Koire is a certified general real estate ... More

Exams and Recruitment

Accountant Trainee (Open)
Materials & Stores Supervisor (Promotional Spot)
Tree Maintenance Leadworker (Promotional)
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Who's New

Laurine Bohamera, CPA
Laurine Bohamera assumed the position of Chief, Internal Audits in Audits and Investigations in February 2008 when the former chief, Ken Craig, retired. Laurine, a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), graduated from California ... More

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