PRESENTATION 1 Volume 4, Issue 1 Caltrans Update January

Special points of interest:

“Caltrans improves mobility across California”

Quarterly Update on Fresno County Projects: Repair Wire Theft Dam-

age: In Fresno and

Madera Counties at vari-

ous locations. Funding:

SHOPP. Project awarded

on 11/19/2013. Con-

struction should start

soon. Anand Kapoor,

Project Manager,

(559)243-3588.

HST – Bakersfield to

Fresno Segment: High

Speed Train System from

the City of Bakersfield to

south of Clinton Avenue

in the City of Fresno.

Funding: HSRA (ARRA &

BOND). Ready to list fall

2013; award early 2014;

end construction summer

2018. Garth Fernandez,

Project Manager, (559)

243-8012.

Panoche Overlay: Pave-

ment Rehabilitation on I-

5 from south of the Pano-

che Road overcrossing to

north of the Russell Road

overcrossing. Funding:

SHOPP. Ready to list sum-

mer 2014; advertise fall

2014; begin construction

end of 2014; complete

construction end of

2014. Bob Hull, Project

Manager, (559) 243-

3443.

Extend Culverts or Install

K Rails - 6 Locations: In-

stall guardrail and extend

culverts on SRs 33, 46,

63, 119, 216, 223 at

various locations in

Fresno, Kern and Tulare

counties. Funding:

SHOPP. Project in con-

struction. Anand Kapoor,


243-3588

Jacalitos Creek Bridge:

Replace bridge on SR 33

near the City of Coalinga

at Jacalitos Creek. Fund-

ing: SHOPP. Ready to list

spring 2014; advertise

summer 2014; begin

construction early 2015;

end construction spring

2015. Suzie Holdridge,


243-3432.

FRE 41 CAPM: Pavement

preservation on SR 41

north of the City of Le-

moore from Harlan Ave-

nue to Elkhorn Avenue.

Funding: SHOPP. Ready to

list summer 2014; adver-

tise summer 2014; begin

construction end of

2014; complete construc-

tion early 2015. Suzie

Holdridge, Project Man-

ager, (559) 243-3432.

Fresno 41/180 Outside

Shoulder Barrier: Replace

existing right side metal

beam guard rail with con-

crete barrier on

southbound SR 41 to the

westbound SR 180 inter-

change ramp in the City

of Fresno. Funding:

SHOPP. Begin construc-

tion spring 2014; com-

plete construction fall

2014. Earle Jones, Pro-

ject Manager, (559) 243-

3471.

Ramp Improvement at

SR41 and SR180: Install

concrete barriers on SR

41 and SR 180 at ramps

at Abby Avenue, McKinley

Avenue, Shields Avenue,

Shaw Avenue, Herndon

Avenue, and Friant Ave-

nue in the City of Fresno.

Funding: SHOPP. Ready to

list early 2014; advertise

spring 2014; award con-

tract summer 2014; be-

gin construction late sum-

mer 2014; complete con-

struction summer 2015.

Judy Aguilar, Project Man-

ager, (559) 243-3457.

Ramp Meter Replace-

ment Planting: Replace-

ment planting on SR 41

between Ashlan Avenue

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Californians are riding trains in un-precedented numbers. In 2012-13, Amtrak California carried a record 3.9 million passengers on its thriving Pacific Surfliner and San Joaquin rail lines. Over the past ten years, rider-ship on the Pacific Surfliner, the second-busiest rail corridor in the nation, and the San Joaquin, the fifth-busiest, increased by nearly one million passengers, and ticket reve-nues skyrocketed from $44 million to $102 million. Caltrans provides funding to run all three intercity passenger rail lines in California: the Pacific Surfliner, the San Joaquin, and the Capitol Corri-dor, which had a combined ridership of 5.6 million passengers in 2012-13. The recently approved 2013 Califor-nia State Rail Plan includes plans to add more trips to each of the routes. Caltrans has invested $460 million since 1979 to improve the San Joa-quin corridor between Bakersfield-Sacramento-and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area. Passenger service has increased from one daily round trip to six (four between Oakland and Bakersfield and two between Sacramento and Bakersfield). In 2011, the Federal Railroad Ad-ministration awarded two grants to Caltrans for $168 million for the purchase of 15 rail cars for the Pa-cific Surfliner, three locomotives for the San Joaquin corridor, and 12 rail cars and three locomotives for the Capitol Corridor.

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Volume 4, Issue 1

Caltrans Update

Inside this issue:

Caltrans’ CareTote Program 3

Caltrans’ Innovative Division of Maintenance

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Quarterly Update on Fresno County Projects, Continued:

overcrossing to Herndon Avenue

undercrossing in the City of

Fresno. Funding: SHOPP. In con-

struction and on schedule; com-

plete construction summer 2016.

Anand Kapoor, Project Manager,

(559) 243-3588.

Olive Avenue Signals: At SR

99/Olive on- and off-ramps in the

City of Fresno; ramp metering in-

cluded. Funding Minor A. CTC ap-

proved funding June 2010. Adver-

tise spring 2014; complete con-

struction late summer 2014. Ste-

ven Milton, Project Manager,

(559) 243-3451.

HST-Fresno to Merced Segment:

High Speed Train System from

south of Clinton Avenue in the City

of Fresno to the City of Merced.

Funding: HSRA (ARRA & BOND).

Ready to list summer 2013; com-


Garth Fernandez, Project Man-

ager, (559) 243-8012.

San Joaquin River 6-Lane: Re-

place the SR 99/San Joaquin

River bridge and widen SR 99

from Grantland Avenue overcross-

ing in the City of Fresno to north of

the Avenue 7 overcrossing in

Madera County. Funding: Prop 1B

Bond. In construction; construc-

tion complete summer 2016. The

contractor continues on the new

southbound bridge foundation in

the river bottom and construction

of falsework for the new bridge.

The mainline lanes shift as work

continues. Jim Bane, Project Man-

ager, (559) 243-3469.

Herndon Avenue Interchange Im-

provements: Remove off-ramp

and intersection improvements at

cember. Structure work will be

complete in November. Neil Bretz,

Project Manager, (559) 243-3465.

Sequoia Freeway Landscape Pro-

ject: Highway planting and install

irrigation on SR 180 in the City of

Fresno between west of Clovis

Avenue overcrossing to east of

Temperance Avenue. Funding: RIP.

CTC approved funding March

2012. Contract approved in Sep-

tember 2012; in construction; end

construction winter 2016. Neil

Bretz, Project Manager, (559)

243-3465.

Kings Canyon Expressway Seg-

ment 2: SR 180 from Academy

Avenue to Smith Road near the

community of Centerville. Fund-

ing: Measure, Prop 1B Bond. Pro-

ject was awarded April 23, 2013;

construction began August 2013;

end construction fall 2015. Neil

Bretz, Project Manager, (559)

243-3465.

Kings River Overflow Bridge Re-

placement: Replace the Kings

River overflow bridge on SR 180

northeast of the City of Sanger.

Funding: SHOPP. Project was ad-

vertised on July 8, 2013 and was

opened for bids on August 7,

2013. Bids were higher than the

Engineer’s Estimate. Low bidder

did not meet their DBE goals and

were thus disqualified. Currently

in the process of awarding the

contract to the second lowest bid-

der; expect to award in December,

begin construction summer 2014;

end construction spring 2015.

Hussein Senan, Project Manager,

(559)243-3586.

the SR 99/Herndon Avenue inter-

change in the City of Fresno. Fund-

ing: Developer, local. Project is

currently in construction; com-


Steven Milton, Project Manager,

(559) 243-3451.

Kerman Roundabout SR

145/Jensen: SR 145 at Jensen

Avenue in the City of Kerman.

Funding: SHOPP. Advertise late

2013/early 2014; begin construc-

tion spring 2014; end construc-

tion fall 2014. Project will be

awarded in February of 2014 and

construction will start in late

March or April. Suzie Holdridge,

Project Manager, (559) 243-

3432.

Munger Point Enhancement: En-

hance Maynard Munger vista

point on SR 168 east of the com-

munity of Prather. Funding: STIP,

TE. Project will advertise in Febru-

ary 2014, be awarded in April of

2014, and construction will start

in May or June of 2014; end con-

struction summer 2015. Suzie

Holdridge, Project Manager, (559)

243-3432.

180 Braided Ramps: On SR 180

between SR 41 & SR 168 in the

City of Fresno. Funding: SHOPP.

Design-Build project was awarded

and construction contract was ap-

proved January 2012. Initial work

concentrated on design. Com-

plete new ramp construction

spring 2014. Concrete paving

nearing completion on the north

side with the focus now shifting to

the south side. New ramps on the

north side were partially opened

November 2, 2013. Anticipate

next traffic changes in early De-

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Caltrans’ CareTote Program

Current economic times con-

tinue to be especially hard on

families, and getting children

ready for school can be a par-

ticularly difficult time. Many

families have no choice but to

send their kids to school with

only a plastic bag and a few

school supplies. To help, Cal-

trans created the “CareTote”

program. The program pro-

vides needy students with

backpacks, filled with various

school supplies, and also pro-

vides Caltrans with a way to

reach out and give back to our

community.

The CareTote campaign be-

gan during 2006-2007. The

name was chosen to incorpo-

rate the “CT,” a common ab-

breviation for Caltrans, and to

highlight the caring that goes

into each backpack.

Caltrans kicks off the cam-

paign every year at “Kids Day,”

an annual summer event. The

CareTote booth offers drinks

and face painting at the Kids

Day event, using profits from

these sales to purchase back-

packs and school supplies.

Additionally, every year Care-

Tote containers are located at

all of Caltrans individual work

sites, along with pictures and

information explaining the pro-

gram and how employees can

donate. Employees donate

items by dropping them into

the bins or they can give

money toward the cause.

Backpacks are equally divided

and distributed to one school

located in each county the Dis-

trict serves during the month

of August or September.

Caltrans reaches out to the

various school districts, who

nominate a school that is con-

sidered low income. Employ-

ees may also recommend a

school that they feel is low in-

come. The CareTote program

will consider these recommen-

dations as well, researching

the suggestions to see if the

majority of the kids are low in-

come, enrolled in the free

lunch program, or if there are

other indicators of economic

need.

The individual schools then se-

lect students nominated by

their teachers. Teachers are

the best source to know which

students or family could use a

backpack and supplies.

To date, Caltrans has delivered

1,157 backpacks to students

within District 6.

Last year, our 1,000th back-

pack went to a little girl in

Madera.

This year, school recipients’

were: Burrel Elementary-

Fresno County; Palo Verde Ele-

mentary; Tulare County, Bear

Mountain Elementary-Arvin-

Kern County; Madera County,

John Pershing Elementary;

Stratford Elementary, Kings

County.

Originally, employees were

asked to donate backpacks,

school supplies, or money in

order to purchase needed

items. However, Caltrans has

since received support from

sponsors. Some of the current

sponsors are: the Caltrans

Fresno Area Maintenance

Crew, Granite Construction,

American Paving Construction,

and Walgreens.

For more information, or to become

a sponsor, please contact:

Gloria Rodriguez

Public Information Officer

Caltrans District 6

(559) 444-2409

[email protected]

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Approximately 6,000 people –

nearly 1/3 of Caltrans work-

force—work in the Division of

Maintenance. Maintenance

does everything from respond-

ing to emergencies, clearing

snow, fixing guardrail and pot-

holes, and keeping traffic sig-

nals operable – in other words,

insuring motorists’ safety!

Once construction completes a

project that has gone through

planning and all the other pro-

ject delivery activities, it is en-

trusted to maintenance, whose

jurisdiction is from right-of-way

line to right-of-way line.

Maintenance preserves and

operates the Department’s en-

tire 50,000 lane-mile transpor-

tation system. And because of

limited resources, the Depart-

ment only has one mainte-

nance worker for every eight

miles of travel lane. That’s a

challenge that’s probably not

going to change soon so the

Department will have to be

more creative and innovative in

accomplishing the work that

needs to be done.

Maintenance is one of the

most innovative groups within

Caltrans. One example of the

Division’s innovation is in the

advancements in the latest

long-lasting asphalt pavement,

fittingly named SuperPave,

which stands up to California’s

extreme temperatures and

heavy truck traffic.

SuperPave stands for Superior

Performing Asphalt Pavements.

The SuperPave system in-

cludes a performance-based

asphalt binder specification, a

mix design analysis system,

many new test procedures, and

new equipment.

Superpave is a comprehensive

system for the design of paving

mixes that are tailored to the

unique performance require-

ments dictated by the traffic,

environment (climate), and

structural section at a pave-

ment site. It enhances pave-

ment performance through the

selection and combination of

the most suitable asphalt

binder and aggregate. Super-

Pave was developed to address

and minimize permanent defor-

mation, fatigue cracking, low

temperature cracking, and the

system takes into considera-

tion how the effects of aging

and moisture damage contrib-

ute to the development of

these three distresses.

Another innovative method be-

ing utilized by Maintenance is

replacing sections of aging

highways with pre-cast con-

crete slabs.

Using pre-cast, pre-stressed

concrete panels to repair bro-

ken concrete allows highways

to be repaired quickly with

minimal disruption to the mo-

toring public. The panels are

cast and cure at a plant off-site

using seven-strand steel cable

that is stretched within the con-

crete mix as it’s poured, and

then is released after it sets.

Relaxing the steel pulls it

tighter, putting the concrete

under compression where it

performs best.

These off-the-shelf panels are

then trucked to the construc-

tion site and lifted with a crane

into the void where the broken

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panel has been removed.

In addition to the pre-cast pan-

els, Caltrans staff have been

even more innovative. Materi-

als and maintenance engi-

neers, along with a construc-

tion contractor, developed an

innovative leveling-lift system

to quickly raise and lower the

panels using a screw-like

mechanism. It was successfully

tested in November 2012 on

westbound Interstate 210.

Typically, crews can complete

124 feet of repairs in a night,

but with these pre-cast panels

and the leveling lift strategy,

they can complete upwards of

500 feet in an evening.

Building blocks like this speed

up installation, reducing delays

for motorists and, best of all,

reducing traffic exposure for

workers. In addition, panels are

designed to last 40 years,

which means less maintenance

in the future.

Maintenance is also taking

steps to reduce maintenance

costs and energy consumption

by switching from vapor sodium

lamps to brighter, more energy

sion of Maintenance inspects

more than 25,000 bridges,

maintains 50,000 lane miles,

and 350,000 acres of land in

the State right-of-way, all while

millions of motorists continue

to use the system. That is why

safety must always be a top

priority. Not only in mainte-

nance, construction, and sur-

veys, but also when preparing

design plans. Caltrans must

continually work to find innova-

tive ways to do our jobs better,

quicker, and safer.

and cost efficient light-emitting

diode (LED) lamps.

The new bulbs do not contain

any hazardous waste and re-

duce our carbon footprint by

about 10,000 tons of carbon

dioxide per year, which is

equivalent to removing almost

2,000 cars off the highways.

They also save taxpayers about

$2 million a year on electricity,

and last nearly four times as

long - again, less future mainte-

nance.

Efficiency and safety are cor-

nerstones of Caltrans mission,

vision, and goals. Caltrans Divi-

Caltrans’ Innovative Division of Maintenance!

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Visit District 6 on the web at www.dot.ca.gov/dist6/

Caltrans District 6


Gail Miller

Deputy District Director

Planning & Local Programs

P.O. Box 12616

1372 West Olive Avenue

Fresno, CA 93778-2616

Phone: 559-488-4115

Fax: 559-488-4195

E-mail: [email protected]

The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) District 6 is headquartered in Fresno. This geographi-cally diverse district is the second largest of the 12 Districts statewide, stretching from the southernmost part of

Yosemite National Park in the north to the Mojave Desert. It includes Madera, Fresno, Tulare, Kings and Kern counties. Interstate 5 and State Route 99 run the length of District 6, serving as the main north-south arteries

for not just the Central Valley, but for the entire state as well.

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