According to caldecott-tunnel.org, Caltrans crews added sections of concrete barrier to the southern edge of the pavement on Fish Ranch Road, adjacent to the area where the new retaining wall is being built. The barrier will prevent errant vehicles from traveling off the pavement over the steep hillside.
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• www.caldecott-tunnel.org
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Caldecott Lane Closure
Work crews closed one lane of the Caldecott Lane just west of the Kay Street overpass on June 4th from 7pm to 11am on June 5th. The contractor, according to caldecottt-tunnel.org, was building a 240-foot right turn pocket at the southwest corner of Caldecott Lane and Kay Street. Caltrans and the contractor decided to do all the work over a weekend night instead of over the span of several nights or two weeks of shifts. Relatively heavy traffic on Caldecott Lane restricts daytime lame closures to a six-hour periods between 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. during weekdays. Those short work windows, and time-consuming start up and shut-down operations would have prolonged the project for a period of two weeks.
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Barbara Boxer tours Caldecott tunnel
West Portal Sound Wall from inside staging area
Last Thursday, Senator Barbara Boxer visited the Caldecott tunnel, a $420 million project that has nearly half its funds ($197.5 million) coming from the Recovery Act. Boxer stated the Caldecott tunnel project would create between 4,000 and 4,500 new jobs by the time it is finished in 2014, and promised more federal stimulus money for highway projects coming to the Bay Area later this year.
As reported by KTVU:
The four-year, $420 million project broke ground in January and has so far created 225 jobs, according to Bijan Sartipi, director of Caltrans’ District 4.
Currently, construction crews are building retaining walls, and a 130-ton, $4.5 million boring machine is expected to arrive on site next week.
Related:
- Boxer Tours Caldecott Tunnel Construction Site – KTVU
- Boxer: Recovery Act Is Creating Jobs in California – KCBS
- Boxer Tours Caldecott Tunnel – foxreno.com
This Week’s Headlines in Transportation & Transit: Feb. 20-26, 2010
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Local News
- Antioch Bridge motorists will face nighttime delays next week
- BART to upgrade Pleasant Hill station for $5.2 million
- State allocates $69.4 million for I-680 overhaul in San Ramon Valley
- Antioch looks at BART beyond Hillcrest
- Crews working on Caldecott Tunnel 4th bore cut down trees before bird-nesting season begins
- Construction noise in Walnut Creek south of Pleasant Hill BART station to last for the next 8-10 weekends
Bay Area and California News
- Bay Area high-speed rail track alignment details delayed again
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Unveils Sample Legislation for Texting While Driving
- Proposed rules could make smog check less expensive and time-consuming for most motorists
- Senator Simitian proposes tougher penalties in California for hands-free & text messaging violations that would also apply to bicyclists
- BART explores more fare hikes, cuts
- Toll increase creates casual carpool conundrum
- Bay Area gas prices expected to jump in coming weeks
This Week's Headlines: Jan. 23-29, 2010
If you haven’t been following 511CC on Twitter, here’s what’s happening in Contra Costa County and Bay Area transit news that we tweeted or blogged about in the past week:
- Biofuel advance made in Bay Area, researchers say – Contra Costa Times
- BART cuts 74 mostly vacant positions – Contra Costa Times
- MTC agrees to give BART time to prove need for Oakland airport connector – Contra Costa Times
- Contra Costa Sheriff’s Office, BART to share backup dispatch, data – Contra Costa Times
- High-speed train project gets $2.25 billion from Obama – Contra Costa Times
- MTC: Higher Tolls; No Free Car Pool Lanes On Bridges – MTC
- High-speed rail advocates hope to keep proposal on the fast track – Contra Costa Times
- Schwarzenegger to plug green tech plan in Richmond – Contra Costa Times
- Massive Deck Sections for Bay Bridge’s Self-Anchored Suspension Span Arrive – 511CC Blog
- Assembly boosts oversight of BART police – Contra Costa Times
- BART Launches Expanded API – 511CC Blog
- Edward Huestis–the reason Vacaville is becoming known as ‘Voltage-ville’–retires – 511CC Blog
- Caldecott Fourth Bore Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held Friday, January 22nd – 511CC Blog
- BART extension possibility could spur science hub in Livermore – Contra Costa Times
Caldecott Fourth Bore Ribbon Cutting Ceremony held Friday, January 22nd
State, regional and local representatives gathered last Friday for a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the efforts of many years of collaboration and tax payers who made the fourth bore a reality. The project which has been a vision for decades received the aid of the American Recovery Act funds, without which the project would have been stalled for years or decades.
Clockwise from top left, featured here are: Maria Viramontes, Councilmember of the City of Richmond and Chair of the Contra Costa Transportation Authority, State Senator Mark DeSaulnier, Randell Iwasaki, Director of California Department of Transportation and Congressman John Garamendi.
For ABC7’s coverage of the event, click to play the video below (2:33):
Related: Caldecott Tunnel to begin construction this Friday, with groundbreaking at 11 am
For the Contra Costa Times’ coverage of the event, visit: Groundbreaking marks start of Caldecott’s fourth bore
This Week's Headlines: Jan. 16-22, 2010
If you haven’t been following 511CC on Twitter, catch up on your transit news for CC County and the Bay Area with this week’s headlines:
- Parking changes start Feb. 1 for Dublin-side surface lot at Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station – Bay Area Rapid Transit
- Water retailer opposes BART routes to Livermore that cut through future water storage area – Contra Costa Times
- BART debates whether to raise fares, lay off workers to cope with budget deficit – Contra Costa Times
- Tri Delta Transit Schedule Change February 21 – Tri Delta Transit
- BART ponders raising transbay surcharge – San Francisco Chronicle (Related: blog post)
- Long road to Caldecott fourth bore ends Friday with groundbreaking – Contra Costa Times (Related: blog post)
- Heavy rain disrupting Bay Area’s morning commute – Contra Costa Times
- CHP issues wind warnings for San Mateo, Richmond bridges – Contra Costa Times
- Hazardous weather, heavy winds today in Bay Area – Contra Costa Times
Caldecott Tunnel to begin construction this Friday, with groundbreaking at 11 am
After decades of waiting, commuters can celebrate the groundbreaking of construction on the Caldecott Tunnel Fourth Bore, scheduled for this Friday at 11 am.
The project aims to alleviate well-known traffic congestion along the bottleneck between Orinda and Oakland by creating a fourth bore in the existing Caldecott Tunnel. The estimated $420 million project cost will be funded by a combination of Contra Costa County voter-approved sales taxes ($123 million), a $1 bridge toll increase approved by Bay Area voters ($50 million), and Federal economic stimulus funds ($197 million).
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Caltrans to hold community meeting on construction plans for Caldecott Tunnel's 4th bore
This Thursday, Dec. 10 at 7 PM, Caltrans will host a community meeting on the upcoming construction of the 4th bore of the Caldecott Tunnel. Caltrans officials will be on hand to answer questions from the community regarding construction, schedule, time line and community impact.
The meeting will be held at Orinda Community Center, 28 Orinda Way, Orinda.
For more information about the project, visit the Caldecott Tunnel Improvement Project website.
Sources: Contra Costa Times, City of Orinda
