Safety in Numbers
On February 3rd, VCPWA presented awardees with a plaque for display at their worksites and a personal hardhat sticker noting their safety achievements.
2021 Project Recap
The new year is often a time for personal resolutions and transformations, so we thought we’d look back on some of Public Works’ best transformations in the past few years!
Pathways: Ariel Braza
“Pathways” highlights the unique pathway that each of us has followed to the Ventura County Public Works Agency.
VENTURA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF ROADS & TRANSPORTATION
VENTURA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS AGENCY APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR OF ROADS & TRANSPORTATION Ventura County Public Works Agency (VCPWA) has named retired U.S. Navy’s Civil Engineer Corps’ Chris Kurgan, to the position of Director of Roads & Transportation. In his new role Chris will oversee the building, operating and maintaining of the public’s billion-dollar investment in…
Ventura County Comprehensive Transportation Plan Survey
Help make it safer and easier to get around our community! Please share your input by taking the Ventura County Comprehensive Transportation Plan Survey.
Caltrans Active Transportation Plan Survey
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) is seeking input/feedback from Ventura County residents and businesses regarding improved biking and walking near State highway facilities. Click here to take the survey by July 31, 2021.
PROJECT FEATURE: MATILIJA DAM ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION PROJECT ELEMENT UNDERWAY WITH CONSTRUCTION OF SANTA ANA BRIDGE
VCPWA commemorated the start of the Santa Ana Boulevard Bridge project with a groundbreaking ceremony on June 7 at the bridge site. This new, wider, longer and taller replacement bridge will enhance sediment transport, reduce the need for maintenance after major storm events, and improve California Steelhead migration up and down the Ventura River.
BILINGUAL REPORT – COMMUNITY FEEDBACK HELPS VCPWA RECEIVE FIRST STATEWIDE GRANT FOR PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
Bilingual report — Community Feedback Helps Ventura County Public Works Agency Receive First Statewide Grant for Pedestrian Improvement Project by Community Contributor • April 15, 2021 VCPWA receives over six million dollars in state funding for the El Rio Pedestrian Improvement and Safe Routes to School Project VENTURA COUNTY — Ventura County Public Works Agency’s…
Navy and Ventura County Enter into a Cost-Saving Support Agreement
Bilingual report — Navy and Ventura County Enter into a Cost-Saving Support Agreement by Community Contributor • October 21, 2020 • Comments Off on Bilingual report — Navy and Ventura County Enter into a Cost-Saving Support Agreement By Melinda Larson • Naval Base Ventura County Public Affairs Office VENTURA — An intergovernmental support agreement (IGSA) on Oct. 21 signed by Naval Base…
Ventura County is applying for a grant to install rumble strips
Ventura County is applying for a grant to install rumble strips along 14 county roadways, including Creek Road near Ojai. Perry Van Houten, Ojai Valley News senior reporter Rumble strips — those indentations in the road pavement designed to alert unattentative drivers to danger by causing noise and vibration — could be coming to one…