BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: March 14, 2016
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Jim Frazier, Chair
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(Gomez) - As Amended March 10, 2016
SUBJECT: Caltrans District 7 Fallen Worker Memorial Interchange
SUMMARY: Designates the interchange at State Route (SR) 2 and
Interstate 5 (I-5) in Los Angeles County, as the Caltrans
District 7 Fallen Workers Memorial Interchange. Specifically,
this resolution:
1)Recounts the inherent dangers of performing highway work,
describes a number of California Department of Transportation
(Caltrans) workers who have lost their lives on the job, and
outlines efforts taken on behalf of Caltrans to reduce the
number of highway worker-related fatalities.
2)Designates the interchange at SR 2 and I-5 in Los Angeles
County, as the Caltrans District 7 Fallen Workers Memorial
Interchange.
3)Requests that Caltrans determine the cost of appropriate
signs, consistent with the signing requirements for the state
highway system, showing the special designation and, upon
receiving donations from non-state sources covering that cost,
to erect those signs.
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EXISTING LAW: Assigns Caltrans the responsibility of operating
and maintaining state highways including the installation and
maintenance of highway signs.
FISCAL EFFECT: Unknown, but the measure requests that Caltrans
only erect the appropriate signage upon receiving donations from
non-state sources covering the cost.
COMMENTS: According to the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration of the United States Department of Labor, the
risk of death is seven times higher for highway workers than for
average workers. Unfortunately, this is evident in the number
of injuries and fatalities reported by Caltrans for highway
worker-related incidents. For example, Caltrans reports that
there have been a total of 183 Caltrans workers killed on the
job since 1921 and of this total, 31 fatalities have occurred in
the Caltrans District 7 region in Los Angeles alone.
To help raise awareness, Caltrans has adopted numerous campaigns
to get motorists to be on alert for highway workers and to slow
down. Along with statewide efforts, Caltrans District 7 has
worked diligently to eliminate worker fatalities through
training, safe practices, and implementing features to lessen
the exposure of highway workers on state highways. Due, in
part, to these efforts, there have been no fatalities in
Caltrans District 7 since 2000.
This resolution designating the SR 2 and I-5 Interchange in Los
Angeles County, as the Caltrans District 7 Fallen Workers
Memorial Interchange serves a dual purpose. First and foremost,
it memorializes the 31 men and women who died while performing
their duties as transportation professionals in Caltrans
District 7 and it also serves to commemorate the lifesaving
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safety improvements implemented by Caltrans in the Los Angeles
region.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION:
Support
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees,
AFL-CIO
Opposition
None on file
Analysis Prepared by:Victoria Alvarez / TRANS. / (916) 319-2093
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