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Maintenance

Maintenance. October 5, 2011. Maintenance. TOPICS. District 11 Overview Safety and Move Over Law Adopt-A-Highway. Approximately 360 field employees and 30 support staff in 2 regional offices and 16 maintenance stations. Over 3600 urban lane miles Over 1200 rural lane miles

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Maintenance

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  1. Maintenance October 5, 2011

  2. Maintenance TOPICS • District 11 Overview • Safety and Move Over Law • Adopt-A-Highway

  3. Approximately 360 field employees and 30 support staff in • 2 regional offices and 16 maintenance stations • Over 3600 urban lane miles • Over 1200 rural lane miles • Over 3800 acres of landscape • 7 rest areas & 63 park and rides • 6 international border crossings

  4. Maintenance Trends in District 11 for 2010/11: Lane miles inventory 5% Landscape inventory 10% Maintenance staff 10% Guardrail Repair Hazardous Spill Clean-Up Emergency Traffic Control Landscape Pavement Management Lighting and Signals

  5. Maintenance Types • Safety (Potholes, Damaged Guardrail, Traffic Signals) • Preservation of Facility (Crack Sealing, Weeds, Roadside Rest Area) • Service (Litter, Graffiti, Roadway Sweeping)

  6. PSA Available on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9prVx3gfMmo

  7. RICHARD GONZALEZ was killed by a vehicle on June 20, 2011 while working on a litter crew on Interstate 15 in San Diego County.  JAIME OBESO was killed by an errant driver on June 7, 2011 while working on eastbound Interstate 8 near the Sunbeam Rest Area in Imperial County. STEPHEN PALMER, SR. died from injuries after being struck by a trolley while on the job May 4, 2011. GARY SMITH was struck and killed by a motorist while performing traffic control for a detour around an earlier fatal accident on November 14, 2010.

  8. The Move Over Law took effect in 2007. • In 2009, it was amended to include Caltrans vehicles. • When flashing amber warning lights are displayed, motorists are required to move over a lane or reduce their speeds.

  9. MISSION The Program strive to partner with California’s citizens to provide motorists with clean and beautiful roadsides. Caltrans Adopt-A-Highway was established in 1989. Adoptions are intended to reduce Caltrans workload, promote civic responsibility and community pride. The Program exists to provide the public with an avenue to donate services for maintenance and beatification activities on sections of roadside within California’s State Highway System.

  10. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES Wildflower Planting Tree Planting Litter Removal Graffiti Removal Vegetation Control

  11. District Focus • Maximize the number of active adoptions • Currently District 11 has 242 Active Groups. • 160 are volunteer and 82 are sponsored with hired contractors. • That ’s 64% of current adoptable segments leaving 36% available. • Online application process. • Attract tourism to California’s vacation destinations. • Reduce the discharge of pollutants into storm water drainage systems.

  12. Other Adoptions • Shared Adoption • Supplemental Litter Removal • One Day Permit

  13. Before

  14. After

  15. UPCOMING • Vegetation Control on Ramps Expanding Adoptable Locations Increased Sign Visibility Opportunities I-15 Marketing Effort • Online Adopt-A-Highway Status Map and application

  16. PROTOTYPE APPLY HERE

  17. CONTACTS • http://adopt-a-highway.dot.ca.gov/ • Jose_Estrada@dot.ca.gov (619) 688-3327

  18. QUESTIONS?

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