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<\/a> <\/p>\n\u201cThe stress placed on the state highway system by extreme weather continues to underline the need for stable sources of transportation funding to maintain California\u2019s aging roads,\u201d said Agar. \u201cCalifornia has about $6 billion in annual, unfunded maintenance needs. Just this winter we\u2019ve experienced more than $730 million in storm-related damages statewide.\u201d <\/p>\n
Caltrans District 10, which consists of; Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Mariposa, Merced, San Joaquin, Stanislaus and Tuolumne Counties, has seen more that $10 million in emergency maintenance projects. Significant examples of emergency maintenance projects within the District include:<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Full closure of State Route 26 (SR-26) in Amador\/Calaveras County following two separate slide events and damaged culverts cost to date of $2.5 million<\/p>\n
\u00b7 Slope repairs and culvert replacement on SR-4 near Victoria Island in San Joaquin County \u2013 cost to date of $900,000 <\/p>\n
\u00b7 Emergency maintenance to address flooding of SR-59 near Mariposa Creek in Merced County \u2013 cost to date of $175,000<\/p>\n
In addition, the nearby Altamont Pass on Interstate 580, which is a vital corridor for San Joaquin Valley commuters and commercial vehicles, experienced several emergency lane closures and traffic delays requiring approximately $2 million in emergency maintenance to repair pot holes and perform slab replacement.<\/p>\n
Legislative leadership and the Governor of California have set an April 6, 2017, deadline to pass a transportation funding plan that will create the largest permanent investment in transportation infrastructure in California\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn spite of these challenges, Caltrans continues its efforts to improve efficiency and align available resources to create a safe, sustainable and efficient transportation system,\u201d said Agar. \u201cThe current funding proposal will allow us to address the maintenance backlog and take care of our roads going forward. We\u2019re ready to work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Stockton, CA…Earlier this week, Caltrans District 10 Director, Dennis Agar, addressed reporters and local County and State representatives to discuss the impact of this winter\u2019s storms on the state highway system and California\u2019s need for a long-term source of transportation funding. \u201cThe stress placed on the state highway system by extreme weather continues to underline […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":25236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communities","category-featured","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ct_logo_trans.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}