Caltrans Honored as Public Owner of the Year.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The California Department of Transportation The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is a government agency in the U.S. state of California. Its mission is to improve mobility across the state. It manages the state highway system and is actively involved with public transportation systems in California. (Caltrans) today was recognized as "Public Owner of the Year" by California Construction magazine, a McGraw-Hill trade publication. Caltrans was honored based on its volume of transportation construction projects with more than $9.5 billion invested in current projects and 600 contracts underway, such as the $1.43 billion self-anchored suspension (SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ) portion of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, double-decked structure, W Calif.; built 1933–36. It has a total length of 8.25 mi (13.2 km). From San Francisco it crosses the bay to Yerba Buena Island, where a tunnel connects with spans leading to Oakland and Berkeley. , the $176 million Interstate 5/805 widening in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , the $360 million carpool car·pool n. also car pool 1. An arrangement whereby several participants or their children travel together in one vehicle, the participants sharing the costs and often taking turns as the driver. 2. lane projects in Los Angeles County, multiple repaving projects on Interstate 80 in the Sacramento area, and the widening of State Route 99 in the Central Valley. Caltrans was recognized at a reception yesterday in San Francisco and again today at an event in Long Beach. "Caltrans has worked with the construction industry to ensure that builders have the resources needed to meet the growing demands for transportation in California," said Caltrans Director Will Kempton. |
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