CALTRANS NEWS

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Caltrans Reaches Record $10 Billion Level of Transportation Projects
This month Caltrans reached an historic milestone in our distinguished history – we hit the $10 billion level for projects under construction. As of April 18, we had 558 contracts underway valued at more than $10.04... More

News

Caltrans Mourns its Losses; Celebrates 12 Months Without a Worker Fatality
Caltrans held several Workers Memorial events throughout the state in April, including this one at the State Capitol on the 17th. At the Sacramento-based event, Director Will Kempton announced that there were zero... More

Caltrans Stormwater Program Wins
Engineering Award for Lake Tahoe
A Caltrans-managed pilot study of stormwater treatment at Lake Tahoe has won the 2006 “Outstanding Engineering Project Award” from the Sacramento Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. The Division of... More

Caltrans Leads the Way in Statewide Anti-Litter Effort
Caltrans will launch an aggressive anti-litter campaign in May 2007 with a statewide partnership with the California Highway Patrol and numerous local partners. “Litter is a statewide problem, and we are actively working to... More

14th annual basketball shootout to benefit
Engineering and/or Architecture high school seniors
Come join a rousing basketball competition sponsored by volunteers of the Caltrans Division of Engineering Services (DES) Engineering/Architectural Scholarship Committee and the California Transportation Foundation on... More

Barbara Kiehn Remembers Gary Winters
With a ‘Ties that Bind” Quilt of Neckties
Barbara Kiehn has completed a unique quilt, one made from her friend and former boss Gary Winter’s neckties. Called “The Ties that Bind,” it won a blue ribbon in the 2007 Folsom Quilt Show in February. “Gary was larger... More

Caltrans Quarter Century Club
The Caltrans Quarter Century Club, or QCC, was formed in 1939, just a few years after the very first California highway organization (1912) reached its 25th anniversary. A few who had been there from the start felt that... More

California Transportation Foundation
The California Transportation Foundation (CTF), a nonprofit volunteer organization formed in 1988 to assist Caltrans and its employees, funds deserving non-job-related programs and activities not funded through... More

Hats Off

Once Again, Caltrans Saves Tahoe City
We cannot thank you, Rick, and the whole crew enough for the outstanding effort put forth to clear Tahoe City of a deluge of snow that had us on the verge of being... More

Health and Wellness

May is National Bike Month
California Bike Commute - a project of the California Bicycle Coalition - is a statewide event that advocates increased bicycle use, access, safety, and education, by promoting the bicycle as an everyday means of transportation... More

Obituaries

Adlai Frank Goldschmidt, a retired Caltrans engineering geologist, died on April 12 in his Gold River home. Goldschmidt served in the Army during World War II, and later earned a bachelor’s degree on the GI Bill. After... More

Exams and Recruitment

Exam Listing
Executive Secretary I
Ferry Boat Master
Ferry Boat Mate
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Retirements

The following Caltrans employees retired effective April and certificates were requested... More

Archived Newsletters

March 2007 Newsletter
February 2007 Newsletter
January 2007 Newsletter
2006 CT News Newsletters
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