Caltrans Updates Slide Status on SR70

Caltrans has updated progress in the Feather River Canyon, where four slides closed the 50-mile stretch over a week ago. Although the route remains closed, Caltrans crews and Hat Creek construction continue to clear slide debris, including large boulders the size of cars near... Read More.

Caltrans Warns Flooding and Debris May Impact Travel

Caltrans warns you to be alert while driving through burn scar areas as a series of storms bring heavy rainfall to the region. The district says to be prepared for “possible areas of flooding and debris on the roadways.”Highway 70 through the Feather River... Read More.

Caltrans Launches Mascot Naming Contest for Students

Principals and teachers, your students, can help name the new Caltrans cone mascot and win your school a laptop and up to 1,000 dollars in gift cards. Caltrans launched the campaign this winter break and will take suggestions for the cone mascot from children... Read More.

Caltrans District 2 Snow Plow Operator Awarded Medal of Valor

Caltrans District 2 equipment operator Travis Sutton is awarded the highest state honor for saving a woman's life early last year.Early in the morning, On March 21st, while plowing snow on SR 70 through the treacherous Feather River Canyon, Sutton noticed tire tracks leading... Read More.

Caltrans Closes Rest Stops for the Season

Five regional rest areas will close this month for the winter season. Caltrans has announced that starting October 31st, within District 2, three Plumas county rest stops will be closed until May 1st.Those includeMassack Rest Area on State Route 70, 6.5 miles east... Read More.

Equipment and Vehicle Stolen from Caltrans Maintenance Yard

Thirteen thousand dollars worth of equipment and an F150 were stolen from the Caltrans Maintenance yard early this week.The thieves cut the lock on the Susanville Diane Drive yard’s gate, and the shop on the site was broken into. The California Highway Patrol says... Read More.

Caltrans Work Continues through Feather River Canyon

Caltrans reminds you that work continues west of Belden through the Feather River canyon from the debris flows that washed out the roadway last month. Crews are continuing to remove material that washed out from Murphy and Opapee Creeks. You can still continue to... Read More.