Effective March 9, 2018, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) made updates to the 2014 California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA MUTCD). These updates, referred to as Revision … Read more Revision 3 to 2014 CA MUTCD
Office Bulletin (OB) 18-01 has been published to revise Office Bulletin 16-02, which established a procedure to identify a Period of Performance End Date (PPED), to establish when the Period … Read more Policy Update: OB 18-01 Period of Performance Change
Read the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) recently published white paper on Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience. The white paper briefly describes the current state of practice regarding the use of … Read more FHWA Publishes White Paper on Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience
Watch a recording of FHWA’s webinar on Load Rating of Complex Bridges. This was the 23rd webinar in the FHWA Bridge Load Rating Webinar Series and focused on the process … Read more Load Rating of Complex Bridges Webinar Recording
In response to the severe winter storms that affected California during December 2016 and January 2017, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a letter to Caltrans, in March 2017, granting conditional approval … Read more Supplemental Guidance for Emergency Opening and Permanent Restoration work on Local Assistance Projects – 2018 Update
Protecting roadway investments by applying regular pavement preservation treatments prevents road deterioration. With intentional and cyclic lesser-cost preservations that restore pavement to like-new condition, agencies avoid the reconstruction and rehabilitation … Read more Webinar on Tools for Pavement Preservation