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    <title>Caltrans News</title>
    <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/index.htm</link>
    <description>Recent Press Releases from the California Department of Transportation</description>
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      <title>District 8 - California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $1 Billion in New Construction Projects to Improve Transportation and Drive Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr046.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN BERNADINO</strong> &ndash; The state’s vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash today, as the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays, and repair aging roads and bridges. 
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      <pubDate>May 8, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 10 - California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $1 Billion in New Construction Projects to Improve Transportation and Drive Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr045.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The state’s vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash today, as the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays, and repair aging roads and bridges. 
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      <pubDate>May 7, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 - California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $1 Billion in New Construction Projects to Improve Transportation and Drive Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr044.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; The state’s vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash today, as the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays, and repair aging roads and bridges. 
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      <pubDate>May 8, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 6 - California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $1 Billion in New Construction Projects to Improve Transportation and Drive Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr043.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The state’s vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash today, as the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays, and repair aging roads and bridges. 
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      <pubDate>May 7, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 - California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $1 Billion in New Construction Projects to Improve Transportation and Drive Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr042.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; The state’s vast transportation system received a major infusion of cash today, as the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $878 million in funding to 114 projects that will support job growth, alleviate traffic delays, and repair aging roads and bridges. 
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      <pubDate>May 7, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title> District 10 - Caltrans Awards $301 Million to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr041.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded $301 million to improve public transit across California. 
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      <pubDate>May 3, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 - Caltrans Awards $301 Million to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr040.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded $301 million to improve public transit across California. 
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      <pubDate>May 3, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 7 - Caltrans Awards Los Angeles Region Nearly $194 Million to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr039.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded $301 million to improve public transit across California. 
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      <pubDate>May 3, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 - Caltrans Awards $301 Million to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr038.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded $301 million to improve public transit across California. 
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      <pubDate>May 3, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Memorial Honors 180 Fallen Highway Workers and Reminds Motorists to “MOVE OVER” and SLOW FOR THE CONE ZONE</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr037.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Eight days after two of its employees were killed by a rockslide while working to protect the traveling public, Caltrans honored its 180 employees who have lost their lives on the job at its 23rd Annual Workers Memorial today at the State Capitol.  
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      <pubDate>May 2, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Major Improvements Coming to State Route 99 in Modesto </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr036.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STANISLAUS COUNTY</strong> &ndash;Caltrans and Stanislaus County broke ground today on an expansive $51 million project that will ease traffic congestion and improve safety along State Route 99 (SR-99) in Modesto.  
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      <pubDate>April 30, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>New Interchange on State Route 1 at Salinas Road Will Reduce Delays and Improve Safety </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr035.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MONTEREY COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans says a new interchange at the intersection of State Route 1 and Salinas Road between Moss Landing and Watsonville will improve safety for motorists and local businesses. 
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      <pubDate>April 26, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Construction Starts on New State Route 99 Interchange in Sutter County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr034.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SUTTER COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and local officials broke ground today on a much-needed interchange at the junction of State Routes 99 and 113 south of Yuba City, marking another major step to relieve congestion and increase safety along the SR-99 between Yuba City and Sacramento.
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      <pubDate>April 26, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Workers Hit The Highways to Clean Up California</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr033.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans’ executive management team and maintenance workers are out on highways statewide picking up trash today and are asking all Californians for their help in the battle against litter.
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      <pubDate>April 25, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Tip Leads to Arrest of Newspaper Advertising Contractor by CA Department of Justice</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr032.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the California Attorney General’s office today announced that 43 year-old Eric Blaine Hodgson, the owner of Phenix Print & Image of Elk Grove, has been arrested on 22 counts of grand theft following a California Department of Justice investigation that began after Caltrans staff discovered fraudulent invoices for print advertisements that had never actually run in local newspapers as promised.
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      <pubDate>April 24, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Business, Transportation and Housing Agency Announces California Freight Advisory Committee </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr031.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Acting Secretary of the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, Brian Kelly, today announced the membership of the California Freight Advisory Committee (Committee), which will help determine the state's plans for freight-related transportation investments in California.
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      <pubDate>April 23, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Details Major Efforts to Fight Climate Change</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr030.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today released a comprehensive report detailing its efforts to fight climate change by curbing greenhouse gas emissions and embracing new technology such as low-energy cement and efficient LED lighting.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>April 17, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Installing New Signs Statewide to Remind Motorists to “Move Over” for Law Enforcement and Highway Workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr029.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; Caltrans workers and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force today on highways throughout the state, installing “Move Over” signs intended to help save lives and increase safety for motorists, highway workers, CHP officers, and other law enforcement. 
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      <pubDate>April 16, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Installing New Signs Statewide to Remind Motorists to “Move Over” for Law Enforcement and Highway Workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr028.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans workers and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force today on highways throughout the state, installing “Move Over” signs intended to help save lives and increase safety for motorists, highway workers, CHP officers, and other law enforcement. 
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      <pubDate>April 16, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Installing New Signs Statewide to Remind Motorists to “Move Over” for Law Enforcement and Highway Workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr027.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans workers and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force today on highways throughout the state, installing “Move Over” signs intended to help save lives and increase safety for motorists, highway workers, CHP officers, and other law enforcement. 
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      <pubDate>April 16, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Installing New Signs Statewide to Remind Motorists to “Move Over” for Law Enforcement and Highway Workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr026.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans workers and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force today on highways throughout the state, installing “Move Over” signs intended to help save lives and increase safety for motorists, highway workers, CHP officers, and other law enforcement. 
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      <pubDate>April 16, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>State Personnel Board Upholds Caltrans' Firing of Supervisor</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr025.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; The California State Personnel Board on Thursday sided with an Administrative Law Judge whose proposed decision upheld Caltrans' firing of former Caltrans supervisor Brian Liebich who had asked the panel to give him his job back. 
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      <pubDate>April 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Breaks Ground on New Interchange at U.S. Highway 101/San Juan Road</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr024.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MONTEREY COUNTY</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County (TAMC) have begun construction on a project that will improve safety and reduce congestion on U.S. Highway 101 between Dunbarton Road in Monterey County and Cole Road in San Benito County.  
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      <pubDate>April 4, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Major Improvements Uunderway on Highway 101 in Petaluma</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr023.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SONOMA COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA), and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission today celebrated the start of construction on the next phase of the Marin-Sonoma Narrows Project (MSN) on U.S. Highway 101 in Petaluma. 
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      <pubDate>April 1, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Completes Devil’s Slide Tunnel Construction</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr022.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MONTARA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA), and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission today celebrated the start of construction on the next phase of the Marin-Sonoma Narrows Project (MSN) on U.S. Highway 101 in Petaluma. 
 
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      <pubDate>April 1, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Announces Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony for Devil’s Slide Tunnels</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr021.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MONTARA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announces it will hold a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 25 for the Devil’s Slide Tunnels on Highway 1, the state’s first new highway tunnels to open in nearly 50 years, in San Mateo County.
 
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      <pubDate>March 11, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Work Begins on Final Phase of Project Upgrading Key Central Valley Highway</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr020.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STANISLAUS COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and its partners, the Stanislaus Council of Governments, Stanislaus County, and the city of Modesto, broke ground today on a $44 million project that will help relieve traffic congestion on State Route 219, one of the main highways connecting Modesto, Oakdale, and Riverbank in the Central Valley. 
 
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      <pubDate>March 26, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr019.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 10 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr018.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr017.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 11 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr016.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr015.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 6 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr014.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 8 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr013.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN BERNADINO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr012.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 7 - $333 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Expand State's Economy </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr011.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $333 million in new funding to 91 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery.
 
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      <pubDate>March 5, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Begins Project to Unlock Traffic Delays at Interstate 5/Ortega Highway Interchange</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr010.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans put shovels in the ground today on a project that will bring much-needed improvements to a major interchange in San Juan Capistrano, while creating a new gateway to the historic downtown area. 
 
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      <pubDate>February 20, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Seeks Public Input on Statewide Rail Plan</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr009.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, which manages two of the nation’s busiest passenger rail lines, is asking its rapidly growing passenger base what they think about rail systems in the Golden State. 
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      <pubDate>February 11, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>New Highway Widening ProjectWill Deliver More Traffic Congestion Relief to State Route 99</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr008.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans began work today on a $68 million highway widening project that will reduce congestion and improve the movement of agricultural goods on
State Route 99 in Fresno and Madera counties
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>February 8, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Upgrades Trip Planning Website for California Motorists</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr007.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has upgraded its website to give California motorists access to planned lane closures on highways statewide so they can make more informed route decisions and reduce travel times.
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      <pubDate>January 22, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 10 - $64 Million in New Transportation Funding Approved</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr006.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 9, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 - $64 Million in New Transportation Funding Approved</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr005.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 9, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 - $64 Million in New Transportation Funding Approved</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr004.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 9, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 6 - $64 Million in New Transportation Funding Approved</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr003.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 9, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 - $64 Million in New Transportation Funding Approved</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr002.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 8, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 - $64 Million in New Transportation Funding Approved</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/13pr001.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
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      <pubDate>January 8, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Headquarters - $64 Million in New Transportation Funding Approved</title>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $64 million to 43 projects that will reduce traffic congestion and repair highways, local streets, and bridges.
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      <pubDate>January 8, 2013</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Streamlines Process to Accept Electronic Bids From Job Contractors </title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr149.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has begun a pilot program to accept contractor bids through an online electronic bidding (e-bid) system, which reduces project costs and expedites the bidding process.
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      <pubDate>December 31, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Names Sutliff as First Female Chief Engineer</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr148.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today that Karla Sutliff has been appointed as California’s Chief Engineer - the first woman to be appointed to the position. 
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      <pubDate>December 18, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>New Six-Lane Freeway on State Route 99 Will Bring More Congestion Relief to Central Valley Drivers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr147.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MERCED COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and its partners began work today on a new project to make travel between Merced and Madera counties faster and less stressful.  
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 14, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Challenges Madera County's Approval of Tesoro Viejo Development Specific Plan</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr146.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today filed a lawsuit under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) challenging Madera County’s approval of the Tesoro Viejo Specific Plan and its certification of the development’s revised Environmental Impact Report. 
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 14, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 07 $306 Million Approved to Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr145.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $306 million to 44 projects that will help ease traffic congestion, improve safety, and support economic growth.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 06, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 05 $306 Million Approved to Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr144.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $306 million to 44 projects that will help ease traffic congestion, improve safety, and support economic growth.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 07, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 06 $306 Million Approved to Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr143.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $306 million to 44 projects that will help ease traffic congestion, improve safety, and support economic growth.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 07, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 $306 Million Approved to Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr142.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Orange</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $306 million to 44 projects that will help ease traffic congestion, improve safety, and support economic growth.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 06, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 10 $306 Million Approved to Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr141.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stockton</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $306 million to 44 projects that will help ease traffic congestion, improve safety, and support economic growth.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 06, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 $306 Million Approved to Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr140.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Marysville</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $306 million to 44 projects that will help ease traffic congestion, improve safety, and support economic growth.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 06, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>State Route 4 Trapper Slough/Tracy Boulevard Project Completed</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr139.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today completion of the State Route 4 Trapper Slough/Tracy Boulevard Project. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 03, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Good News For Stockton Drivers: Major Improvements Coming to Interstate 5 at French Camp Road</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr138.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the city of Stockton and the San Joaquin Council of Governments broke ground today on a $52 million Interstate 5 project that will make it easier for motorists to get around South Stockton.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>November 20, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Awards Nearly $18 Million so Low-Income Residents can Take Transit to Work</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr137.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today that it is awarding nearly $18 million to 105 public transit projects across California under the Job Access & Reverse Commute and New Freedom programs.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 16, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans welcomes more bikes onboard Capitol Corridor, San Joaquin trains</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr136.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Rail passengers now have extra space to securely store bikes that previously spilled into aisle-ways, as Caltrans nearly doubles the bicycle capacity on Capitol Corridor and San Joaquin trains.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 09, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>San Mateo ‘Smart Corridor’ Project Will Use Technology to Battle Traffic Congestion</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr135.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Mateo County</strong> &ndash; Who knew freeways and streets could be smart? The people who started work today on the San Mateo Smart Corridor Project, that’s who.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 07, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans, Partners Educate High School Students about Rail Safety Through Facebook</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr134.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Headquarters</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, in partnership with Amtrak and Operation Lifesaver, today announced an interactive educational application on Facebook. “The Mysterious Adventure” encourages high school students to “Be Track Smart” near railroad tracks. 
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>November 02, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>State Route 78/11 Brawley Bypass Ready to Open</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr133.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BRAWLEY</strong> &ndash; The Brawley Bypass Project in Imperial County is expected to open to motorists Tuesday. The new bypass will relieve area traffic congestion and improve the flow of international goods between California and Mexico by providing an alternate route for commercial trucks and motorists around Brawley.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 29, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $300 Million in Projects to Help Motorists Get Around California</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr132.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $287 million to 23 projects that will provide better roads, transit, and bridges while at the same time strengthening California’s economy. 
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>October 25, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $300 Million in Projects to Help Motorists Get Around California</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr131.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $287 million to 23 projects that will provide better roads, transit, and bridges while at the same time strengthening California’s economy. 
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>October 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>California Transportation Commission Approves Nearly $300 Million in Projects to Help Motorists Get Around California</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr130.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $287 million to 23 projects that will provide better roads, transit, and bridges while at the same time strengthening California’s economy. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Work begins to ease commute on I-80 in Bay Area</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr129.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Alameda/Contra Costa counties</strong> &ndash; Work began this morning on an $80 million technology-laden project to make life easier on one of the Bay Area’s busiest commuter corridors, Interstate 80. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Construction Begins on U.S. Hightway 101/Union Valley Parkway Interchange Project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr128.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Santa Barbara</strong> &ndash; Caltrans held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the U.S. Highway 101/Union Valley Parkway Interchange project located south of Santa Maria.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Court Agrees with Caltrans: Giant Billboard Can't Come Back</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr127.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash;A state Appellate Court has agreed with Caltrans that Los Angeles-area building owners cannot restore a highrise-sized advertisement along the Santa Monica Freeway, nor can they seek damages from the state for being forced to take the so-called wallscape down.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 17, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Upgrades LA Union Station Tracks, Platform</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr126.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, Amtrak, Metrolink and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority today celebrated the opening of three new Los Angeles Union Station tracks and a platform to serve Amtrak and Metrolink passengers. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 17, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Construction Moves Forward on Next Phase of State Route 4 Widening Project eBART Breaks Ground for Antioch Station Facilities.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr125.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Contra Costa</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) announced today that work has begun on the next phase of the State Route 4 (SR-4) Widening Project and BART’s new rail service to eastern Contra Costa County. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 05, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>California Transportation Commission allocates $236 million to drive state’s economic growth and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr124.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $236 million in new funding to 32 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>September 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>California Transportation Commission allocates $236 million to drive state’s economic growth and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr123.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $236 million in new funding to 32 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>September 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>California Transportation Commission allocates $236 million to drive state’s economic growth and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr122.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $236 million in new funding to 32 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>September 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Multi-state partnership announces intent to award contract for next generation of American trains</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr121.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) on behalf of the departments of transportation from Illinois, Michigan, and Missouri issued a Notice of Intent to Award today to Sumitomo Corporation of America to design, build, and deliver 130 bi-level passenger railcars for use in regional intercity rail corridors in California and the Midwest.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>September 26, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Rated a National Leader for ‘Complete Streets’ to Promote Safer, Healthier Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr120.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans’ Complete Streets policy has been recognized as one of the nation’s leading examples of safe, smart transportation policy according to a new nationwide analysis conducted by the National Complete Streets Coalition (NCSC).
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      </description>
      <pubDate>September 26, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans and Its Partners Highlight Safety for People and Wildlife During Watch Out For Wildlife Awareness Week</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr119.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) remind motorists during “Watch Out for Wildlife (WOW) Awareness Week” (September 16-22) to remain alert while driving to improve safety for travelers and wildlife alike.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>September 19, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 - Caltrans Begins Third Phase of Widening Highway 46 East</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr118.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>PASO ROBLES</strong> &ndash; Caltrans held a groundbreaking ceremony today for the third phase of the $45 million Highway 46 widening project, which will widen five miles of the highway from one to two lanes in each direction. Proposition 1B, the transportation bond approved by voters in 2006, is fully-funding this project.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>September 17, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 - Caltrans Welcomes New District 12 Director Ryan Chamberlain</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr117.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; On September 6, Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty announced the appointment of Ryan Chamberlain as the District 12 Director, overseeing all department functions within Orange County.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 7, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 - Newly Completed Carpool Lanes on U.S. Route 101 Reduce Congestion in Sonoma County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr116.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Rohnert Park</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA) today celebrated the addition of carpool lanes on the U.S. Route 101 Wilfred interchange project in Rohnert Park and the U.S. Route 101 Central project in Petaluma and Cotati. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 31, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr115.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>August 22, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr114.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>August 22, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 1 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr113.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>August 23, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 2 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr112.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>REDDING</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 23, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 7 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr111.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 23, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 10 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr110.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 23, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr109.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 23, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 11 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr108.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 23, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 6 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr107.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 23, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 - $745 Million in New Transportation Funding Will Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr106.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $745 million in new funding to 118 transportation projects that will provide congestion relief for motorists statewide and bolster the state’s economy.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 22, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans to Motorists: Move Over or Slow Down When Passing Work Zones and Help Protect Highway Workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr105.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and construction industry contractors today are calling on all Californians for their help in the ongoing effort to make highway work zones safer for workers by moving over one lane, if it’s safe to do so, or slowing down when passing a maintenance or construction crew or emergency personnel stopped on the side of the freeway.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 22, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans, San Mateo County, and Local Cities Celebrate 100th Anniversary of State Highway System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr104.htm</link>
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        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN BRUNO</strong> &ndash; On August 7, 1912, Chairman Burton Towne of the California Highway Commission dug a shovel into the dirt and broke ground for El Camino Real (State Highway 82), the first project in the California highway system.
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      </description>
      <pubDate>August 7, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Announces QuickMap – an Online Service for Real-Time Travel and Traffic Information</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr103.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has launched Caltrans QuickMap, an online service that provides California motorists with real-time traffic and travel information that will allow them to make better decisions about how to reach their destination more rapidly. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 31, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 11 - Caltrans Completes Final Major Freeway Link on State Route 905</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr102.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans joined elected representatives and local transportation officials today to celebrate the completion of the last major segment of a new six-lane freeway on State Route 905, connecting the Otay Mesa Port of Entry to Interstate 805.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 17, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 10 - New Six-Lane Freeway and Interchange on Highway 99 Will Reduce Congestion and Speed Up Goods Movement</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr101.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MERCED COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and its partners, the Merced County Association of Governments and the city and county of Merced, broke ground today on the $128 million Highway 99 Arboleda Drive Project.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 13, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 09 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr100.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BISHOP</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 6, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 03 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr099.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 11 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr098.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 10 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr097.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 06 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr096.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 05 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr095.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>CENTRAL COAST</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 02 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr094.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>REDDING</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr093.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr092.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>INLAND EMPIRE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 7 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr091.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 1 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr090.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr092.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 1 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr090.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 - Caltrans Awards $48.5 Million for Safe Routes to School to Increase Safety and Health</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr089.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $48.5 million of state Safe Routes to School Program funds for 139 projects to increase safety and help reduce injuries and fatalities among children in grades K-12 who walk and bicycle to school. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 5, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 2 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr088.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>REDDING</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 27, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 6 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr087.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 7 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr086.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr085.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 1 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr084.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 11 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr083.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
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      <title>District 12 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr082.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 5 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr081.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr080.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>INLAND EMPIRE</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 4 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr079.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 27, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 10 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr078.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 9 - Nearly $1 Billion in Funding Allocated to Improve Transportation and State’s Economic Growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr077.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BISHOP</strong> &ndash; Continuing the drive to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission has allocated nearly $1 billion to 135 transportation projects statewide.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 9 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr077.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BISHOP</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 11, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Meet the Engineers: Webinar to Educate Public About Safety of Bay Bridge</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr075.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Caltrans is following up today on its call for the Sacramento Bee to retract a false story on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge by announcing a webinar to educate the public about the engineering, construction and safety of the Bay Bridge.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 11, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans calls for full retraction of Sacramento Bee Bay Bridge story</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr074.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; In an effort to raise public awareness about the safety and integrity of the new east span of the Bay Bridge, Caltrans director Malcolm Dougherty called on the Sacramento Bee to retract a recent story that made false claims about the bridge. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 8, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 2 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr073.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>REDDING</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 1, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 7 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr072.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 11 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr071.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr070.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 5 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr069.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 4 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr068.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 1 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr067.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr066.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN BERNADINO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 12 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr065.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 6 - Caltrans Awards $350 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr064.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded approximately $350 million in grants to improve public transit across California. An estimated 80 projects will upgrade transit service, purchase eco-friendly buses, modernize transit stations and create jobs throughout the state. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 31, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 12 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State's Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr063.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 25, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 9 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State's Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr062.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BISHOP</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State's Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr061.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>INLAND EMPIRE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 25, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 2 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State's Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr060.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>REDDING</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State's Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr059.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state's economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State’s Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr058.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state’s economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 11 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State’s Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr057.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state’s economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 6 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State’s Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr056.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state’s economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 10 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State’s Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr055.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state’s economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State’s Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr054.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state’s economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 7 - California Transportation Commission Allocates $1.7 Billion to Expand State’s Economy and Upgrade Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr053.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $1.7 billion in funding for transportation projects that will strengthen the state’s economy by sustaining and creating jobs and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>New Paramount Boulevard Bridge to Open Ahead of Schedule</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr052.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MONTEBELLO</strong> &ndash;Caltrans today announced it expects to open the new Paramount Boulevard Bridge on the Pomona Freeway (State Route 60) by May 21, almost a month ahead of schedule.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 18, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Memorial Honors 178 Fallen Highway Workers and Reminds Motorists to Slow for the Cone Zone</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr051.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash;At its 22nd Annual Workers Memorial today at the State Capitol, Caltrans honored its 178 employees who lost their lives on the job, including three San Diego-area workers who were killed in separate incidents last year.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 09, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Increases Rail Capacity in Southern California</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr050.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>PICO RIVERA</strong> &ndash;Caltrans, BNSF Railway, and Amtrak today announced the groundbreaking of a $38 million rail project that will add 3.8 additional miles of track to the Los Angeles area, increasing efficiency and rail capacity.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 01, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Celebrates New Carpool Lane Project on U.S. 101</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr049.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Carpinteria</strong> &ndash;Caltrans, the Ventura County Transportation Commission, and the Santa Barbara County Association of Governments held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a $102 million project that will add 12 miles of new carpool lanes on the Ventura Freeway (Highway 101) – the first ever in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>April 30, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr048.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 6 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr047.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr046.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 1 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr045.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 11 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr044.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 9 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr043.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Bishop</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 7 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr042.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr041.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Luis Obispo</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 More Than $900 Million in Funding Allocated to Drive State's Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr040.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Marysville</strong> &ndash;Continuing the push to rebuild California’s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated more than $900 million to 61 transportation projects statewide. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Construction Starts on New $100 Million Truck Complex on Interstate 80 in Solano County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr039.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the Solano Transportation Authority (STA), and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) today broke ground on the Interstate 80 Eastbound Cordelia Truck Scales Relocation Project in Fairfield.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 20, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Construction Begins on Highway 12 Jameson Canyon Road Widening Project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr038.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the Solano Transportation Authority (STA) and the Napa County Transportation and Planning Agency (NCTPA) broke ground today on the much-anticipated Highway 12 Jameson Canyon Road Widening Project. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 04, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans’ Safety Improvements Paying Off – Traffic Fatalities at Lowest Level in Nearly 70 Years</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr037.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; In 2010, traffic fatalities in California declined to their lowest level since 1944, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 04, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>Dist. 9 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State's Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr036.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BISHOP</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state's highways and rail systems and enhance the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Dist. 6 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State's Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr035.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state's highways and rail systems and enhance the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Dist. 4 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State's Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr034.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state's highways and rail systems and enhance the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Dist. 7 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State’s Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr033.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state’s highways and rail systems and enhance the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Dist. 10 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State’s Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr032.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state’s highways and rail systems and enhance the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Dist. 3 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State’s Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr031.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>DIST 3</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state’s highways and rail systems and enhance the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Dist. 11 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State’s Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr030.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state’s highways and rail systems and enhance the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Dist. 1 $271 Million in New Funding Awarded to Upgrade Transportation and Enhance State’s Economic Recovery</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr029.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission today allocated $271 million in new funding to 73 projects that will improve the state’s highways and rail systems and enhance the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 29, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Toll Bridge Program Issues Bay Bridge Safety Report</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr028.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee (TBPOC) today released findings by the independent Seismic Safety Peer Review Panel confirming the integrity and seismic safety of the new East Span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 28, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Congestion Relief Coning Soon to Santa Ana Freeway (I-5) and Alondra Boulevard Bridge</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr027.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SANTA FE SPRINGS</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and regional transportation agencies today announced that construction will begin on a $110 million project on the Santa Ana Freeway (Interstate 5) that will significantly improve congestion and enhance safety on the heavily traveled corridor.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 19, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Construction Moves Forward on Next Phase of State Route 4 Widening Project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr026.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>CONTRA COSTA COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) announced today that work has begun on the next phase of the State Route 4 Widening Project in Contra Costa County. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 9, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Transportation Survey Aims to Improve Mobility, Job Access, and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr025.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), along with other state agencies, is conducting a survey of California residents' travel behavior.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 8, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Launches Website to Help Helicopter Pilots Find Hospitals</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr024.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has launched a website for emergency response pilots to help them find 150 heliport-equipped hospitals across California during medical emergencies.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 8, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 5 - $253 Million in New Funding Will Boost Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr023.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $253 million in new funding to 30 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 27, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3 - $253 Million in New Funding Will Boost Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr022.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $253 million in new funding to 30 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 24, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 6 - $253 Million in New Funding Will Boost Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr021.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $253 million in new funding to 30 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 23, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 7 - $253 Million in New Funding Will Boost Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr020.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $253 million in new funding to 30 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 23, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 10 - $253 Million in New Funding Will Boost Economic Growth and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr019.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $253 million in new funding to 30 projects that will improve the state’s transportation system and strengthen California’s economic recovery. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 23, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Wider Interchange will Ease Congestion as State Route 905/Interstate 805 Connector Opens to Motorists</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr018.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; Today, Caltrans and the San Diego Association of Governments announced the completion of a $20 million State Route 905/Interstate 805 Connector Project
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 16, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 8 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr017.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN BERNADINO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr016.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 4 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr015.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 10 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr014.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 13, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 7 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr013.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 2 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr012.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>REDDING</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 1 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr011.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
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      <title>District 5 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr010.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 6 - Caltrans Awards $203 Million in Grants to Improve Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr009.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has awarded nearly $203 million in grants to improve public transit across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 10, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 - $347 Million in New Transportation Funding to Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr008.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN BERNADINO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects that will bolster the state’s economy and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 10 - $347 Million in New Transportation Funding to Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr007.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects that will bolster the state’s economy and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 4 - $347 Million in New Transportation Funding to Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr006.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects that will bolster the state’s economy and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3 - $347 Million in New Transportation Funding to Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr005.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects that will bolster the state’s economy and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 7 - $347 Million in New Transportation Funding to Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr004.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects that will bolster the state’s economy and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 1 - $347 Million in New Transportation Funding to Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr003.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects that will bolster the state’s economy and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 6 - $347 Million in New Transportation Funding to Drive Economic Growth and Upgrade State's Transportation System</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr002.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $347 million in new funding to 47 projects that will bolster the state’s economy and provide congestion relief for motorists statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 25, 2012</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Congestion Relief Celebrated in San Diego 
        With Completion of Landmark Interstate 15 Express Lanes</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/12pr001.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced the opening of the final phase of the Interstate 15 (I-15) Express Lanes Project.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 12, 2012</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>New Russian River Bridge Near Ukiah Will Increase Safety</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr124.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has completed replacement work on the Russian River Bridge on State Route 222 (also known as Talmage Road) near Ukiah.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 29, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Provides Safer Travel to Motorists on Highway 99 in Butte County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr123.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BUTTE COUNTY</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has completed repaving of a 4.5-mile stretch of State Highway 99 near Biggs in Butte County.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 23, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>All Aboard! Caltrans and Metrolink Will Now Provide Train Travel Times From Orange County To Los Angeles Union Station</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr122.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and Metrolink have jointly developed a pilot project to show commuters that trains are a viable alternative to freeway traffic.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 01 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr121.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; District 02 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 05 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr120.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY</strong> &ndash; District 02 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 02 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr119.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash; District 02 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 04 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr118.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; District 04 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 10 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr117.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stockton</strong> &ndash; District 10 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr116.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Bernardino/Riverside</strong> &ndash; District 8 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 11 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr115.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Diego</strong> &ndash; District 11 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr114.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; District 3 - $401 Million in new Transportation Funding to Revitalize California's Economy and Purchase Passenger Rail Cars.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>New Caltrans Roundabout Near Fort Bragg Will Help Reduce Collisions, Congestion and Carbon Emissions</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr113.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>EUREKA</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has completed a new traffic roundabout south of Fort Bragg that will help reduce the severity of potential collisions, lower vehicle emissions by lessening idle times and help ease traffic congestion. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Opens New Highway 50 Bus/Carpool Lane to Ease Congestion in Time for Holiday Travel</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr112.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>RANCHO CORDOVA</strong> &ndash; Today, just in time for the busy holiday travel season, Caltrans cut the ribbon for a new bus/carpool lane that will ease traffic congestion, reduce air pollution, and lessen the travel time for an estimated 170,000 drivers daily on Highway 50 between Rancho Cordova and Sacramento.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 14, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>New Car-Pool Lanes to Open on U.S. Route 101 in Sonoma County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr111.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>COTATI</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Sonoma County Transportation Authority announced today they will open the new High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes, commonly known as "Car-Pool Lanes,"  on U.S. Route 101 in Cotati, Sonoma County, are open.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 06, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Breakthrough of the Caldecott Tunnel's Fourth Bore Marks a Major Project Milestone</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr110.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Today, Caltrans announced it has reached a milestone with the breakthrough of the top portion of the Caldecott Tunnel's fourth bore – joining the tunnel's eastern and western sides and bringing the region one step closer to traffic congestion relief.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 30, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Headquarters, Caltrans Releases Documents Related to Technician's Falsified Reports</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr109.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today released hundreds of official records—including test results, correspondence and certified engineering reports—related to its response to an employee caught falsifying data during a construction project in September 2008.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 21, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Headquarters, $214 Million in Bond Funding Invested in Improvements to California's Public Transit and Air Quality</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr108.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Burbank</strong> &ndash; Dario Frommer, Chair of the California Transportation Commission, today issued the following statement on the release of the California High-Speed Rail Authority's new business plan: 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 1, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3, New Weather Station Signals an End to Project on U.S. Hwy. 50</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr107.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>El Dorado County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today that a new Roadway Weather Information Station (RWIS) has been installed west of South Lake Tahoe, officially marking the completion of a project to improve U.S. Highway 50 over the Echo Summit.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 31, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 1,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr106.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Eureka</strong> &ndash; Following last week's announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 31, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr105.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Bernardino</strong> &ndash; Following last week's announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 28, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 11,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr104.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Diego</strong> &ndash; Following last week's announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 28, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr103.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Marysville</strong> &ndash; Following last week's announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 27, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 7,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr102.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; Following last week's announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state's economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 27, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 4,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr101.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; Following last week’s announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 27, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 6,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr100.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno</strong> &ndash; Following last week’s announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 27, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 5,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr99.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN LUIS OBISPO</strong> &ndash; Following last week’s announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 27, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 12,$784 Million in New Transportation Funding to Help Create Jobs and Bolster the Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr98.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Following last week’s announcement of the general obligation bond sales, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $784 million in new funding for 61 projects that will help create thousands of jobs bolstering the state’s economic recovery.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 27, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans' Amtrak California Locomotives to Exceed U.S. EPA Standards</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr97.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans’ intercity passenger rail program is the first in the nation to start converting its fleet of locomotives to emission-control standards that exceed current U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 21, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 4 Caltrans Awards $66 Million in Safe Routes to Schools Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr96.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and 
          regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve 
          safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 10 Caltrans Awards $66 Million in Safe Routes to Schools Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr95.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and 
          regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve 
          safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 11 Caltrans Awards $66 Million in Safe Routes to Schools Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr94.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and 
          regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve 
          safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 8 Caltrans Awards $66 Million in Safe Routes to Schools Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr93.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and 
          regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve 
          safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 6 Caltrans Awards $66 Million in Safe Routes to Schools Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr92.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and 
          regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve 
          safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3 Caltrans Awards $66 Million in Safe Routes to Schools Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr91.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>MARYSVILLE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and 
          regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve 
          safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 12 Caltrans Awards $66 Million in Safe Routes to Schools Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr90.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>IRVINE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today awarded $66 million to cities, counties, and 
          regional agencies for 139 Safe Routes to School (SRTS) projects to improve 
          safety for students in grades K-8 who walk and bicycle to and from school.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 19, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 12 Caltrans Announces Upcoming Highway 99 Rehabilitation Project in Madera County.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr89.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has begun construction on the $33 million Madera 99 Freeway Rehabilitation Project in Madera County.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 3, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans completes new section of Kings Canyon Expressway in Fresno County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr88.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>FRESNO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has completed a new six-mile segment of the Kings Canyon Expressway (Highway 180) in Fresno County that will significantly reduce traffic congestion for motorists traveling between Fresno and Sanger.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>September 23, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Joins with CHP to Protect Highway Workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr87.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Concerned about a spike in highway worker deaths, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has partnered with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to provide enhanced speed and DUI enforcement in highway construction and maintenance zones across California.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 21, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Strives to Protect Animals and Raise Awareness 
        with Watch Out for Wildlife Week</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr86.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will observe the third week in September as "Watch Out for Wildlife (WOW) Awareness Week," which strives to reduce the number of wildlife-related injuries and vehicle passenger fatalities on the state's highways.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 19, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>District 3 - $83 Million in new Transportation funding will put Californians to work repairing states highways and bridges</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr85.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $83 million in new funding to 21 projects, an investment that will keep Californians working and help improve the states highways and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 15, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>District 11 - $83 Million in new Transportation funding will put Californians to work repairing states highways and bridges</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr84.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN DIEGO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $83 million in new funding to 21 projects, an investment that will keep Californians working and help improve the states highways and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 15, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>District 8 - $83 Million in new Transportation funding will put Californians to work repairing states highways and bridges</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr83.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SAN BERNADINO</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $83 million in new funding to 21 projects, an investment that will keep Californians working and help improve the states highways and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 15, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>District 4 - $83 Million in new Transportation funding will put Californians to work repairing states highways and bridges</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr82.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>OAKLAND</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $83 million in new funding to 21 projects, an investment that will keep Californians working and help improve the states highways and bridges.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 15, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
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      <title>Caltrans and Rail Partners Launch New Campaign for Rail Safety Month</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr81.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and its partners today announced that hundreds of Caltrans employees have joined together with individuals affected by rail crossing incidents to decorate two locomotives in honor of California's Rail Safety Month.    
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 15, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Major Improvements Coming to I-5 in Stockton - Including City's First Carpool Lanes</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr80.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>STOCKTON</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced major improvements will be made to Stockton's highways, including construction of the city's first carpool lanes and installation of reinforced concrete on all six lanes of I-5 to give motorists a smoother, safer ride to last for decades.   
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 12, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Begins Project to Make It Easier and Safer to Get On and Off Highway 99 in Chico</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr79.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>CHICO</strong> &ndash; The project will add a new, mile-long auxiliary lane in each direction, widen on and off-ramps, construct sound walls to reduce highway noise, and widen Highway 99 from East First Avenue to Highway 32. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 12, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>$23 Billion in California Transportation Projects Could 'Grind to a Halt' Without New Federal Transportation Bill</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr78.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) today announced that Malcolm Dougherty, Acting Caltrans Director, has sent a letter urging Congress to swiftly pass legislation that will reauthorize transportation funding and protect $23 billion in active state and local transportation projects.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 01, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Receives $55 Million to Reduce Congestion and Improve Safety on Pacific Surfliner</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr77.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SACRAMENTO</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has awarded three grants totaling $55 million to reduce congestion and increase safety on the Pacific Surfliner intercity rail corridor between Los Angeles and San Diego.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 31, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans Finishes New Lanes on Interstate 5 in Shasta County to Improve Safety and Reduce Congestion</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr76.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>REDDING</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has completed a $16.5 million project that added new lanes for trucks and other slow-moving vehicles on Interstate 5 between Cottonwood and Anderson in Shasta County.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 26, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans' Interstate 5 Facelift Will Deliver Safer, Smoother Ride</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr75.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>LOS ANGELES</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today began repaving 28 miles (14 miles in each direction) of the Golden State Freeway (I-5) in north Los Angeles County to provide motorists a safer, smoother ride for their daily commute.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 26, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr73.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Bishop</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr72.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr71.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Diego</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr70.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stockton</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr69.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Central Coast</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr68.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Marysville</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr67.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr66.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$2.2 Billion in New Funding Allocated to Transportation Projects to help drive State's Economic Growth.</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr65.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Eureka</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild Californiaâ€™s infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated $2.2 billion in new funding to 146 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
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      <title>Caltrans Announces Nearly $50 Million to Improve Safety on its Pacific Surfliner Rail Line</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr64.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Today, Caltrans announced that it has received nearly $25 million from the Federal Railroad Administration to install global positioning system-based (GPS) train control equipment on its Pacific Surfliner intercity rail line to improve worker safety and help prevent train collisions and derailments.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 10, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Breaks Ground on Highway 101 Auxiliary Lane Project 
        in San Mateo County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr63.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Menlo Park</strong> &ndash; Caltrans, the San Mateo County Transportation Authority (SMCTA), and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) today broke ground for the next auxiliary lane to be built on Highway 101 in San Mateo County
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 22, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Begins Widening Highway 101 at Marin-Sonoma "Narrows"</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr62.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Novato</strong> &ndash; Caltrans broke ground today on the first phase of the Marin-Sonoma Narrows Project on Highway 101.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 14, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans to Motorists: When You See Flashing Lights,Move Over to Protect Highway Workers and CHP Officers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr61.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Today, 700 Caltrans electronic highway signs throughout California lit up with a new Move Over message to kickoff a statewide campaign to increase safety for motorists, highway workers and law enforcement.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 11, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans awards its first innovative design-build project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr60.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that it has awarded its first design-build project, the State Highway 99 Chowchilla Rehabilitation Project,  to Granite Construction Company.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 28, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Completes Reconstruction and Earthquake Retrofit of Baldwin Park Boulevard Bridge</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr59.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Baldwin Park</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today that it has completed the reconstruction of the Baldwin Park Boulevard Bridge in order to accommodate new carpool lanes that are being built on the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10).
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 27, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 10: $825 Million allocated to create jobs and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr58.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stockton</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will strengthen Californiaâ€™s economy and upgrade the stateâ€™s vast transportation system.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 4: $825 Million allocated to create jobs and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr57.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will strengthen Californiaâ€™s economy and upgrade the stateâ€™s vast transportation system.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 7: $825 Million allocated to create jobs and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr56.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will strengthen Californiaâ€™s economy and upgrade the stateâ€™s vast transportation system.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 3: $825 Million allocated to create jobs and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr55.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Marysville</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will strengthen Californiaâ€™s economy and upgrade the stateâ€™s vast transportation system.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>District 1: $825 Million allocated to create jobs and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr54.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Eureka</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will strengthen Californiaâ€™s economy and upgrade the stateâ€™s vast transportation system.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 6: $825 Million allocated to create jobs and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr53.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will strengthen Californiaâ€™s economy and upgrade the stateâ€™s vast transportation system.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 12: $825 Million allocated to create jobs and improve transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr52.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Irvine</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $825 million in new funding to 92 highway, transit, and rail projects that will strengthen Californiaâ€™s economy and upgrade the stateâ€™s vast transportation system.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>TRAFFIC CONGESTION RELIEF COMING SOON TO GOLDEN GATE FREEWAY AND CARMENITA ROAD INTERCHANGE</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr50.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and local and regional transportation agencies today announced construction will begin in July on a $380 million project that will significantly improve the flow of traffic through the busy Carmenita Road interchange and also reduce congestion on the Golden Gate Freeway (Interstate 5). 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 22, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>CALTRANS WORKER KILLED TODAY ON FREEWAY RAMP IS THIRD TO DIE ON JOB SINCE MAY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr49.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced that Richard Gonzalez, a 52-year-old Caltrans maintenance worker, died shortly before 9 a.m. today after being struck by a vehicle while he was picking up litter along the northbound Interstate 15 connector ramp to eastbound State Route 94 in San Diego.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 20, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Earthquake Technology Developed by Caltrans and Federal Government being Deployed for Nuclear Power Plants in Japan and Around the World</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr48.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) today announced that technology developed by Caltrans and the United States Geological Survey (USGS) to immediately prioritize bridge inspections after an earthquake 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 17, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Landmark project to improve safety and reduce traffic congestion on Highway 101 gets underway</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr51.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Monterey County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Transportation Agency for Monterey County announced today that construction has begun on the U. S. Highway 101 Prunedale Improvement Project (PIP), the largest transportation project in Monterey County since the early 1960s.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 10, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Amtrak California Ridership and Revenue Off the Charts</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr47.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; California motorists left the highways in record numbers over the past 12 months to ride two of California's highly successful intercity passenger rail corridors, Caltrans announced today.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 8, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Begins Safety Improvements on Highway 49</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr46.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans broke ground today on a $29 million project that will improve safety along a busy section of State Highway 49 near Grass Valley. 
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 17, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$58 Million in new funding allocated to transportation projects to help drive stateâ€™s economic growth</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr45.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $58 million in new funding to 56 highway, transit, and rail projects statewide to support jobs and upgrade the stateâ€™s vital transportation system. 
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 12, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans holds memorial honoring 175 fallen workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr44.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; At its 21st annual Workers Memorial today at the State Capitol, Caltrans honored its 175 employees who were killed on the job, including Gary Smith, a maintenance worker killed last year by a suspected drunk driver on Highway 99 north of Chico. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 28, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Federal Railroad Administration Awards Caltrans $100 Million Grant</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr43.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) $100 million to purchase new equipment on Amtrak California trains that service the San Joaquin and Pacific Surfliner rail corridors. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans recognizes contractors for "Excellence in Partnering"</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr42.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans Director Cindy McKim joined construction industry professionals for the 2011 Caltrans "Excellence in Partnering" awards, which recognizes contractors who put into action what they learned from the Caltrans' Partnering Program to deliver successful highway projects throughout California. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 27, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Completes Recovery Act Congestion Relief Project on Interstate 805</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr41.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Diego</strong> &ndash; Caltrans joined elected representatives and local transportation officials today to celebrate the completion of the first American Recovery and Reinvestment Act  of 2009 (Recovery Act) project to be completed in the San Diego region. 
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>March 21, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Federal Judge Upholds Caltrans Program to Support Minority and Women-owned Businesses</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr40.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; In a victory for the California Department of Transportation  (Caltrans), a  U.S. District Court judge affirmed that Caltrans&rsquo; Disadvantaged Business  Enterprises (DBE) Program was &ldquo;clearly constitutional&rdquo; in a recent ruling.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>April 06, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Construction Begins on Next Stage of State Route 905 Project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr39.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Diego</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Federal Highway  Administration (FHWA) today celebrated the start of construction on the next construction phase of the $611 million State Route 905 Project in Otay Mesa.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>April 01, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Project Will Help Motorists Avoid Traffic Congestion  
        On Interstate 280</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr38.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Mateo County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced the completion of a project on Interstate 280 in San Mateo County that will provide real-time traffic and weather information that motorists can use to avoid congestion and inclement weather.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>April 01, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>New Highway Widening Project to Bring Traffic Congestion Relief to Highway 99</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr37.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno/Tulare</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Tulare  County Association of Governments today celebrated the start of construction on  a project that will widen State Highway 99 between Goshen and Kingsburg,
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>April 01, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>130 Public Transit and Air Quality Projects Receive $78 Million in New Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr36.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today that it has awarded $78 million to 130 public transit and air quality projects across California. 
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>March 29, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>District 11 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr34.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Diego</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>District 12 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr35.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Irvine</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 10 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr33.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stockton</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>District 7 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr30.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 6 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr29.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 5 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr28.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>CENTRAL COAST</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 4 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr27.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 3 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr26.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 2 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr25.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 1 CTC Allocates $101 Million to Expand State's Economy and Improve Transportation</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr24.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Eureka</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission (CTC) today allocated $101 million in funding to 90 projects to improve transportation statewide.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans to temporarily close U.S. Highway 50 at Echo Summitt to replace rock wall barrier</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr23.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>El Dorado County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans  today announced it will temporarily close U.S.  Highway 50 at Echo Summit for up to two weeks between mid-to-late April and  early May.
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>March 15, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans project will ease congestion at Interstate 805/5 interchange, complete 10 miles of carpool lanes</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr22.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Diego</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced construction has begun on the $90 million Interstate 805/Carroll Canyon Road Extension Project, which will help reduce congestion, provide easier access to the I-805/5 interchange and complete a 10-mile carpool lane.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 9, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans breaks ground on new bus/carpool lanes on Golden State Freeway</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr20.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today broke ground on a project to construct new bus/carpool lanes on the Golden State Freeway (I-5) between the Hollywood Freeway (SR-170) and the Buena Vista Street interchange in Burbank.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 3, 2011</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans completes recovery act project on State Route 154</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr19.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Santa Barbara</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that work has been completed on a $2.5 million pavement improvement project on State Route 154, providing motorists a smoother, safer ride.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>March 1, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans completes Highway 1 pavement protection project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr18.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Santa Barbara</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced the completion of a $1.9 million pavement protection project on State Highway 1 near Lompoc.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 28, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>$25 Million in transit grant funds available to help the elderly and persons with disabilities</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr17.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has announced that applications are being accepted for $25 million in federal transit grant funds aimed at providing transportation services to persons with special needs. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 24, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>CALTRANS COMPLETES $5 MILLION RECOVERY ACT SAFETY PROJECT ON HIGHWAY 101</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr16.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Monterey County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today the completion of a $5 million project that will improve safety for the traveling public along 37 miles of U.S. Highway 101 in Monterey County.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 22, 2011</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans completes State Route 73 paving project using 300,000 recycled tires</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr15.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Irvine</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has completed a project that repaved 12 miles of State Route 73 in Orange County. The $7.2 million project was funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 8, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Shandon roadside rest area on Hwy. 46 will open tomorrow</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr14.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Luis Obispo County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has announced that the new Shandon Roadside Rest Area on State Highway 46 will open at 5 pm on Tuesday, February 8 after being closed for one year for a complete renovation.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>February 7, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>U.S. 101 Improvements coming to Santa Clara County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr13.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Santa Clara County</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), and the city of San Jose today celebrated the beginning of a project that will help relieve chronic traffic jams on U.S. Highway 101 by replacing the Tully Road overcrossing in San Jose.
          
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>February 4, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 1--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr11.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 20, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 2--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr3.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 3--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr9.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 4--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr6.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 5--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr7.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 6--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr2.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 7--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr8.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 8--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr5.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 10--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr4.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stockton</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 11--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr12.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>District 12--$1 Billion Alloted to Improve Transportation and Expand State's Economy</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr10.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Continuing the push to rebuild California's infrastructure and spur job growth, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $1 billion to 107 transportation projects statewide, including $838 million from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 21, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Highway 99 Project Improves Safety in Los Molinos</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr21.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced the completion of Phase I of a project that will improve safety on State Highway 99 in Los Molinos.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 14, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Presidio Parkway Public-Private Partnership Agreement Signed</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/11pr1.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Francisco</strong> &ndash; Today, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (Authority) are one step closer to delivering the second phase of the Presidio Parkway project as they awarded the public-private partnership agreement to the selected bidder, Golden Link Partners.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>January 3, 2011</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans completes new Cushenberry Bridge project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr79.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Bernadino</strong> &ndash; Caltrans has finished major construction on a $3 million bridge project on State Route 18 in San Bernardino County.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 22, 2010</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Holiday parties bring increased risk to Caltrans workers</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr78.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Holiday parties are a fun, enjoyable part of the season for many - but they also can bring increased danger and tragedy to the roadways.
          
          ...</p>]]>
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      <pubDate>December 20, 2010</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Completes U.S Highway 101 Paving Project in Brisbane</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr77.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today the completion of a $2.6 million project that repaved a three-mile section of U.S. Highway 101 in Brisbane. The project was entirely funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). 
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>December 10, 2010</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Orange Countyâ€™s First Recovery Act Freeway Project Completed</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr76.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced the completion of a $65 million project that will relieve congestion and ease a chronic traffic bottleneck along State Route 91, a major transportation artery connecting Orange County with the Inland Empire.
          
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 10, 2010</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Amtrak California Web Site Has New Look</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr75.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The California Department of Transportation recently recreated, redesigned and re-launched its AmtrakCalifornia.com Web site
          
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      </description>
      <pubDate>November 10, 2010</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>New carpool lane completed on I-580 will bring congestion relief to Bay Area motorists</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr73.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Alameda County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) today celebrated the completion of the second phase of a $49 million project that constructed a new carpool lane on eastbound Interstate 580 between Hacienda Drive and Portola Road.
          
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      </description>
      <pubDate>November 10, 2010</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Regions Newest Stretch of Freeway Celebrated on State Route 905</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr74.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Butte County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans joined elected representatives and local transportation officials today to spotlight San Diegoâ€™s newest stretch of freeway on State Route 905. The project, scheduled to open to traffic next week, built three miles of a new six-lane freeway from Siempre Viva Road to Britannia Boulevard.
          
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      </description>
      <pubDate>November 10, 2010</pubDate>
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    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Employee Killed in the Line of Duty</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr72.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Butte County</strong> &ndash; A Caltrans maintenance employee was killed last night on Highway 99 north of Chico. 
          
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      </description>
      <pubDate>November 15, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>Recovery act safety project on State Route 49 completed 100 days ahead of schedule</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr71.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>El Dorado County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced the completion â€“ 100 days ahead of schedule - of a $5.4 million highway safety improvement project on State Route 49 in El Dorado County. The project was financed entirely by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 
          
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      </description>
      <pubDate>November 12, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>Caltrans awards contract for second phase of Highway46 East widening</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr70.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Paso Robles</strong> &ndash; PASO ROBLES â€“ Caltrans today announced that Papich Construction of Pismo Beach has been awarded a $54.1 million contract to widen a five-mile section of Highway 46 East from Geneseo Road to Almond Drive.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 10, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Completes Recovery Act Project on State Route 20 in Colusa County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr69.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today the completion of a $7.1 million project that will decrease highway closures and roadway damage.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 5, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Receives $171 million to Improve Passenger Rail Service</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr68.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The Federal Railroad Administration has awarded the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) $171 million to improve service on its highly successful intercity passenger rail service.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 5, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>State Allocates $141 Million to Upgrade Transportation Infrastructure and Drive Economic Growth, 
        Adds One More Project to Its Historic Design-Build Pilot Program</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr67.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Today, the California Transportation Commission (CTC) allocated $141 million to 39 projects statewide to improve the stateâ€™s highways and bolster the economy.  
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 4, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>California&#39; s first recovery act transportation project to break ground is completed</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr66.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans today announced the completion of the first Recovery Act transportation project to break ground in California. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 4, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>New figures show nearly 90 percent of Californiaâ€™s Recovery Act transportation projects are under construction</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr64.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash;  New information compiled by the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) confirms that close to 90 percent of California&#39;s transportation projects
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>November 1, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Construction Begins to Improve Indian Canyon Drive Interchange</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr63.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Riverside County</strong> &ndash;  Today, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), Riverside County, Coachella Valley Association of Governments (CVAG), Riverside County Transportation Commission (RCTC), and the cities of Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs celebrated the start of construction on the Indian Canyon Drive Interchange Improvement Project on Interstate 10
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 21, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>New Tudor Bypass Opens on State Route 99</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr62.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sutter County</strong> &ndash;  The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and Sutter County today opened the newly-completed Tudor Bypass
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 26, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Awards $24 Million for Safe Routes to School</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr61.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash;  Today, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) awarded $24 million for 85 Safe Routes to School projects to improve safety for children 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>October 25, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans completes traffic safety project on State Route 44 near Lassen national park</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr60.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans announced today the completion of a $7.7 million curve realignment project â€“ four months ahead of schedule - that will improve safety on State Route 44 in Shasta County. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 30, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans ribbon cutting event opens New Dana Ramp</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr59.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans today announced that the Dana to Downtown Project has been completed - nine months ahead of its original timetable. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 28, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans Breaks Ground on San Fernando Valley I-5 Bus/Carpool Lane Project</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr58.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans today broke ground on a $140.2 million project on the Golden State Freeway (I-5) that will ease traffic congestion and improve air quality in the San Fernando Valley.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 27, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Lack of Budget Freezes $3.9 Billion in Transportation Funding</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr57.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash;  Due to the lack of a new state budget, $932 million in transportation funding was delayed or deferred today, according to the California Department of Transportation. Last month, $3 billion in transportation projects were impacted statewide, bringing the total to $3.9 billion in the past two months. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 23, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Bay Areaâ€™s first express lane set to open September 20</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr56.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fremont</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans, the Alameda County Congestion Management Agency (ACCMA), and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced today that on September 20 the Bay Areaâ€™s first express lane will open, allowing solo drivers to use a 14-mile stretch of southbound Interstate 680 between Pleasanton and Milpitas, if they pay a toll electronically.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 16, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans completes traffic safety project on State Route 299 in Weaverville</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr54.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>District 2 - Redding </strong> &ndash;  Trinity County â€“ Caltrans today announced it has completed a $560,000 project that will improve safety for motorists and pedestrians on State Route 299 in downtown Weaverville. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 14, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Recovery Act provides $1.6 million for money-saving pavement project on State Route 1 near Lompoc</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr55.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>District 9 - Bishop</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans today announced the completion of a $1.9 million project that resurfaced sections of State Route 127 (SR-127) in San Bernardino County and State Route 178 (SR-178) in Inyo County. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 13, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>New Caldecott Video Highlights Job Creation - Worker Stories Highlight How Recovery Act Impacts Lives</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr53.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>S.F. Bay Area</strong> &ndash;  California Recovery Task Force Director Rick Rice and Caltrans Director Cindy McKim today issued the following statements on a newly released video that provides solid examples of jobs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act).
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 13, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans opens new Roger M. Rodoni memorial interchange in alton</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr52.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Eureka </strong> &ndash;  Caltrans today celebrated the opening of the new Roger M. Rodoni Memorial Interchange at the junction of State Route 36 and U.S. Route 101 in Alton. 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 10, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans completes new lanes on U.S. Route 395 in Inyo County</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr51.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Bishop</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans today announced the completion of the $60.6 million Manzanar/Independence project, which constructed 11 miles of new lanes on 
          U.S. Route 395 in Inyo County.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>September 9, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans uses recycled tires to complete construction
        on U.S. Route 395</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr50.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Modoc County</strong> &ndash;  Caltrans today announced the completion of $2.1 million project that used recycled tires to resurface nearly 23 miles of U.S. Route 395 from Alturas to the Lassen/Modoc county line â€“ keeping those tires out of California landfills.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 23, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Caltrans completes construction on State Route 33</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr49.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stanislaus County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced the completion of construction on a $2.6 million pavement resurfacing project on State Route 33 (SR-33) in Stanislaus County. The project was primarily financed ($1.8 million) by President Obamaâ€™s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This project began sooner than expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggerâ€™s efforts to expedite Recovery Act funding.
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 17, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Without budget transportation projects delayed, payments to contractors at risk</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr48.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today released a White Paper that highlights the negative economic impacts the budget delay is having on transportation projects statewide</p>
          <p>The effects of the delayed budget are being felt as the California Transportation Commission meets today and tomorrow.  Funding for transportation projects worth over $2.1 billion that are contingent on the approval of the state budget may either be
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 11, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Construction begins on fourth bore of Caldecott Tunnel</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr47.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that work has started on the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnel on State Route 24 in the Oakland Hills. The four-year, $394 million project will relieve traffic congestion for more than 150,000 commuters daily and is partially financed ($197.5 million) by President Obama&acute;s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This project is beginning sooner than expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggerâ€™s efforts to expedite Recovery Act funding
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>August 9, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RECOVERY ACT PROVIDES $10.4 MILLION TO IMPROVE U.S. HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH UKIAH</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr45.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Eureka</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that Granite Construction
          of Watsonville, California was awarded a $10.4 million construction contract to
          install sections of new pavement along a 12-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 101 in
          Mendocino County. The contract is entirely financed by President Obamaâ€™s American
          Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 28, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RECOVERY ACT DELIVERS $83 MILLION TO JUMP START CONSTRUCTION ON PRESIDIO PARKWAYâ€™S SIGNATURE TUNNEL</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr46.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Francisco</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced construction has begun on the Presidio Parkway Projectâ€™s second major contract - a $116 million effort to build the Battery Tunnel and a temporary bypass. This contract is partially funded by President Obamaâ€™s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act), along with $33 million in local funding. This project is starting sooner than expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzeneggerâ€™s efforts to expedite Recovery Act funding.&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 21, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RECOVERY ACT PROVIDES $1.6 MILLION FOR MONEY-SAVING PAVEMENT PROJECT ON STATE ROUTE 1 NEAR LOMPOC</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr44.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Santa Barbara County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans
          today announced that work has begun on a
          $1.9 million project that will keep the pavement on State Route 1 near Lompoc
          in good condition for an additional five years. The project is partially
          financed ($1.6 million) by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
          2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 20, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RECOVERY ACT DELIVERS $41 MILLION TO BUILD NEW BUS/CARPOOL LANES ON INTERSTATE 5</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr43.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has awarded
          Security Paving of Sun Valley, California a contract to construct new bus/carpool
          lanes on the Golden State Freeway (I-5) between the Hollywood Freeway (SR-170)
          and the Buena Vista Street interchange in Burbank. The $129 million project
          is financed in part ($41 million) by President Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery
          and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 20, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RECOVERY ACT PROVIDES $1.3 MILLION FOR NEW SAFETY GUARDRAILS ON STATE ROUTE 1</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr42.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Monterey County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today
          announced the completion of a $1.3 million safety project that installed
          about 20 miles of new safety guardrail to help reduce injuries from traffic
          incidents on State Route 1 (SR-1) between Monterey and Castroville. The
          project was entirely financed by President Obama's American Recovery and
          Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 20, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RECOVERY ACT DELIVERS $1.5 MILLION TO HELP RESURFACE STATE ROUTE 154</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr41.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>SANTA BARBARA COUNTY</strong> -
          Caltrans announced today that work has begun on a $2.5 million pavement
          improvement project that will result in a smoother, safer ride for motorists
          on State Route 154.&nbsp; The project is financed primarily ($1.5 million)
          by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 15, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>STIMULUS PROVIDES $1.1 MILLION TO RESURFACE VENTURA FREEWAY RAMPS IN BURBANK</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr40.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>BURBANK TO GLENDALE</strong> &ndash; Caltrans
          today announced the completion of a $1.3 million project that resurfaced
          32 on-ramps and off-ramps along the Ventura Freeway
          (SR- 134) between Bob Hope Drive and the Glendale Freeway (SR-2). The project
          is financed primarily ($1.1 million) by President Obama&rsquo;s American
          Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 1, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>$897 MILLION ALLOCATED TO EXPAND STATE'S ECONOMY AND IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr39.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The
          California Transportation Commission (CTC) has allocated 
          $897 million to 170 transportation projects statewide, including $157 million
          from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006, and
          $49 million from President Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery and Reinvestment
          Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The remaining $691 million in allocations came
          from assorted transportation accounts funded by state and federal dollars.&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>July 1, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>STIMULUS FUNDS NEW, GREENER BUSES FOR SAN FRANCISCO TO LOS ANGELES ROUTE</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr38.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Using $1.4 million from President
          Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act),
          three brand new buses were put in service today by Greyhound Lines, Incorporated.
          The buses replace older buses that were less fuel efficient and environmentally
          friendly.&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 30, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>STIMULUS DELIVERS $1.8 MILLION FOR NEW, SMOOTH PAVEMENT ON STATE ROUTE 33 IN STANISLAUS COUNTY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr37b.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stanislaus County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today
          announced the start of construction on a
          $2.6 million pavement resurfacing project on State Route 33 (SR-33) in Stanislaus
          County.&nbsp; The project is primarily financed ($1.8 million) by President
          Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp; This
          project began sooner than expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&rsquo;s
          efforts to expedite Recovery Act funding.&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 23, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>STIMULUS PROVIDES NEARLY $50 MILLION TO EASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr37.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>District 12 - Orange County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans and the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) broke ground today on the $323 million West County Connector Project, which will bring congestion relief where three major freeways (Interstate 405, Interstate 605, and State Route 22) converge. The project is partially funded ($49.5 million) by President Obamaâ€™s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). The remaining funding comes from Proposition 1B ($186 million), the 2006 voter-approved transportation bond championed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, and by the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program ($87 million).&nbsp;...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 14, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>STIMULUS PROVIDES $28.2 MILLION TO BUILD NEW PLUMAS COUNTY BRIDGE</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr36.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that construction has begun on a $28.6 million project to build a new Spanish Creek Bridge on State Route 70, improving a vital transportation link in Plumas County. The project is financed primarily ($28.2 million) by President Obamaâ€™s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and is the 11,000th transportation project to be obligated stimulus funding nationwide.
          &nbsp;...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 14, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROVIDES $7.9 MILLION TO REPLACE RUSSIAN RIVER BRIDGE ON STATE ROUTE 222</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr35.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Eureka</strong> &ndash; Caltrans announced today that work has
          begun on an $8.3 million project to replace the Russian River Bridge on
          State Route 222 (SR-222) in Mendocino County. The new bridge will increase
          safety by providing two 12-foot traffic lanes with wider shoulders. The
          project is primarily financed ($7.9 million) by President Obama&rsquo;s
          American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 10, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>ECONOMIC STIMULUS DELIVERS $10.7 MILLION FOR PROJECTS TO REDUCE CONGESTION 
        ON INTERSTATE 280 IN SAN JOSE AND DALY CITY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr34.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Oakland</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that work has begun on three ramp metering
          and ramp widening projects that will help ease traffic congestion on Interstate
          280 (I-280) in San Jose and Daly City. The projects, totaling $10.7 million,
          are financed entirely by President Obama&rsquo;s Recovery and Reinvestment
          Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 10, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>STIMULUS PROVIDES NEARLY $9 MILLION TO REPAVE STATE ROUTE 145, RECONSTRUCT 
        BRIDGE IN MADERA COUNTY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr33.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Fresno</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced the completion
          of the $13.5 million State Route 145 (SR-145) Cottonwood Creek Overlay Project, 
          financed partially ($8.9 million) by President Obama&rsquo;s American
          Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This stimulus project
          and many others around the state are being completed sooner than expected
          thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&rsquo;s efforts to expedite Recovery
          Act funding.&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 9, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROVIDES $305,000 TO IMPROVE STATE ROUTE 299 IN DOWNTOWN 
        WEAVERVILLE</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr32.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced construction
          will begin Monday, June 7, 2010, on a $560,000 project on State Route 299
          in downtown Weaverville. The project, awarded to Mercer Fraser Company,
          Eureka, CA, is funded primarily with $305,000 from President Obama's American
          Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This project was
          awarded sooner than expected thanks to the governor's efforts to expedite
          transportation funding.&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>June 2, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>PROPOSITION 1B TRANSPORTATION BOND PROVIDES $22.9 MILLION FOR INTERSTATE 5 
        PROJECT IN SHASTA COUNTY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr31.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that construction 
          will begin Tuesday,
          June 1, 2010, on a $24.7 million project that will build new truck climbing
          lanes on Interstate 5 in Shasta County. The project is funded primarily
          ($22.9 million) by Proposition 1B, the $19.9 billion-dollar transportation
          bond championed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and approved by voters
          in 2006.&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 27, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>PROPOSITION 1B PROVIDES $14.7 MILLION TO WIDEN STATE ROUTE 219, REDUCE CONGESTION IN MODESTO</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr30b.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Stanislaus County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced
          the completion of the $49.5 million State Route 219 Kiernan Avenue Widening
          Project (Phase I) that will increase capacity and reduce congestion in
          Modesto. Proposition 1B, a $19.9 billion transportation bond championed
          by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and approved by voters in 2006, provided
          $14.7 million of the project's funding.&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 26, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>ECONOMIC STIMULUS PROVIDES $10 MILLION FOR NEW, SMOOTH PAVEMENT ON INTERSTATE 5</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr30.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Los Angeles</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that work
          has begun on a freeway pavement project that will result in a smoother
          ride for commuters on the Golden State Freeway
          (I-5) between Sylmar and Pacoima. The $10 million project is financed entirely
          by President Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
          (Recovery Act).&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 26, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>STIMULUS DELIVERS MILLIONS FOR TRAFFIC TECHNOLOGY PROJECT TO REDUCE DELAYS FOR MOTORISTS</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr29.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced
          that work has begun on a $3.3 million project to install new electronic
          message signs and closed circuit television cameras (CCTV) on four Northern
          California highways. The project was financed entirely by President Obama&rsquo;s
          American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This project
          is starting sooner than expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&rsquo;s
          efforts to expedite Recover Act funding.&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 24, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>$668 MILLION ALLOCATED TO UPGRADE STATEâ€™S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND DRIVE ECONOMIC GROWTH</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr28.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; The California Transportation Commission
          (CTC) today allocated $668 million to 79 transportation projects statewide.
          The funding includes $152 million for nine projects from Proposition 1B,
          a $19.9 billion transportation bond championed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
          and approved by voters in 2006. The remaining&nbsp; $516 million in allocations
          came from assorted state and federal transportation accounts, including
          $2.9 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 20, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>ECONOMIC STIMULUS DELIVERS $37.2 MILLION TO REPAVE HIGHWAY 101</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr27.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Luis Obispo County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that work has
          begun on a $41.2 million project that will resurface 11 miles of U.S. Highway
          101 in San Luis Obispo County. This project is financed primarily ($37.2
          million) by President Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery and Reinvestment
          Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp; 
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 19, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>111 PUBLIC TRANSIT AND AIR QUALITY PROJECTS RECEIVE $63.3 MILLION IN FUNDING</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr26.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Sacramento</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced it has awarded
          $63.3 million to fund 111 public transit and air quality projects across
          California to upgrade transit service and purchase eco-friendly buses.
          All of the funding comes from Proposition 1B, the 2006 transportation bond,
          which includes $3.6 billion to improve public transit in California.&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 13, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>STIMULUS DELIVERS NEARLY $10 MILLION TO IMPROVE SAFETY ON STATE ROUTE 4 IN SAN 
        JOAQUIN COUNTY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr25b.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Joaquin County</strong> &ndash; Caltrans
          today announced that construction has begun on a $13.2 million safety improvement
          project on State Route 4. The project is financed partially ($9.7 million)
          by President Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
          (Recovery Act).
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 12, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>STIMULUS PROVIDES $7.1 MILLION FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECT ON STATE ROUTE 
        20 IN COLUSA COUNTY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr25.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Williams</strong> &ndash; Caltrans today announced that construction has begun
          on a $7.1 million project that will decrease highway closures and roadway
          damage resulting from slides along State Route 20 in Colusa County. The
          project was financed entirely by President Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery
          and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 11, 2010</pubDate>
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      <title>STIMULUS PROVIDES $9 MILLION TO RESURFACE STATE ROUTE 99 NEAR GRIDLEY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr24.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Butte County</strong> - Caltrans today announced that construction has begun on
          a $9 million project that will resurface nearly five miles of State Route
          99 near Gridley. The project was financed entirely by President Obama&rsquo;s
          American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 11, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>RECOVERY ACT PROVIDES $1.1 MILLION TO RESURFACE BIG BEAR HIGHWAY</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr23.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>San Bernardino County </strong>- Caltrans today
          announced it has completed a $1.18 million pavement resurfacing project
          along State Route 18 (SR-18) in the San Bernardino Mountains. The project
          was financed entirely by President Obama&rsquo;s American Recovery and
          Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 11, 2010</pubDate>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON STIMULUS PROJECT NEAR LASSEN NATIONAL PARK</title>
      <link>http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/paffairs/news/pressrel/10pr22.htm</link>
      <description>
        <![CDATA[<p><strong>Redding &ndash;</strong> California Department of Transportation
          (Caltrans) District 2 announced that construction has started on a $7.7
          million curve realignment project that will improve safety on State Route
          44 in Shasta County.&nbsp; The project, awarded to J.F. Shea Construction
          of Redding, is financed primarily ($6.4 million) by President Obama&rsquo;s
          American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act). This project
          and many others around the state are beginning construction sooner than
          expected thanks to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger&rsquo;s efforts to expedite
          stimulus funding.&nbsp;
          ...</p>]]>
      </description>
      <pubDate>May 10, 2010</pubDate>
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