Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Subject
SUBJECT: CALTRANS QUARTERLY UPDATE
Action
ACTION: RECEIVE ORAL REPORT
Heading
RECOMMENDATION
Title
RECEIVE the quarterly oral report on the status of the Caltrans construction projects.
..Issue
ISSUE
Caltrans is a Metro funding partner and the lead agency on a few highway projects that are under construction in Los Angeles County. These projects include, but are not limited, to safety, mobility and operational improvements on freeways and state highways that are Measure M funded.
Equity_Platform
EQUITY PLATFORM
Projects administered by Caltrans have federal aid and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) commitment goals based on the contract bid amount for federal aid projects.
• I-405 Crenshaw Auxiliary Lane DBE goal is 14%. To date, 10% of the DBE goal for the Project has been achieved.
• SR-71 South Segment did not have federal participation and therefore was not required to establish a DBE goal. The contractor claimed and achieved 0.45% in DBE participation.
At the request of Directors Horvath and Hahn, this report includes an update on the status of the Pacific Coast Highway Safety Enhancement Project, and the I-105 at Studebaker Safety Enhancement Project, respectively.
Caltrans is leading all elements of the proposed transportation improvements including procurement, environmental process, outreach, final design, and construction. Caltrans, in coordination with the local jurisdictions, determined community engagement processes specific to the type of transportation improvement. This coordination is aligned with the Caltrans Race & Equity Action Plan to address systemic racial inequities that exist within the transportation sector.
Throughout the construction phase for the projects noted, outreach efforts consisted of sending press releases to cities, communities, elected officials, and multiple media outlets (talk radio, cable news) and social media platforms (X/Twitter, Instagram) that cover Los Angeles and Ventura Counties. Specific notices regarding construction work and/or detours were made available in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, etc.,) based on the affected communities. Caltrans also provided updates that were posted on the Caltrans and Metro websites. Every effort is made to avoid, minimize, and/or mitigate construction impacts to communities by providing advance notices to the public when there are freeway and/or ramp lane closures for construction work and/or planned detours. Any unintended equity impacts that may arise will be responded to on a case-by-case basis by the appropriate project partners.
Prepared_by
Prepared by: John Yang, Deputy District Director, Caltrans District 7, (213) 761-3255
Michelle E. Smith, Executive Officer, Complete Streets & Highways, (213) 547-4368
Avital Barnea, Senior Executive Officer, Multimodal Integrated Planning, (213) 547-4317
Reviewed_By
Reviewed by: Ray Sosa, Chief Planning Officer, (213) 547-4274
