In its attempt to sell the community on the need to replace the historic Albion River Bridge, Caltrans is holding a public meeting.

When: August 13, 6:00 pm.
Where: Whitesboro Grange, 32510 Navarro Ridge Rd., Albion

Read the Draft Environmental Reports

Caltrans has published the draft environmental reports for the proposed bridge replacement. You can read and download them here.

Tip: Caltrans doesn’t make it easy to retrieve these documents. Here is a direct link to the main document. You can also find supplemental documents at the bottom of this page.

Stay tuned…

We’ll be posting additional details about Caltrans’ unnecessary plans to replace this beautiful, iconic — and structurally sound — bridge in the weeks ahead.

For now, here are a two things to keep in mind.

• The historic Albion River Bridge is structurally sound and needs only ongoing maintenance (details, video, and independent engineer’s report)
• Granite Construction, the contracting firm Caltrans has hired to manage this project, has a disturbing track record of violations, everything from fraud to environmental violations. This is not a company that can be trusted to properly manage the sensitive environment at the Albion River.

More soon.