Communicating with Caltrans

I know of two ways to reach Caltrans: paper mail and e-mail.

The very best, most effective thing you can do is to compose a letter, on paper, using your own words, expressing your opposition. Hand-written is fine. Word-processed is fine. Regardless, your own, heartfelt words will be much more convincing than the boilerplate letter below.

Remember our best argument: Caltrans will be blocking a working, safe intersection, and forcing us to use a busier, less-safe intersection.

Please be polite and professional; anything else will likely be ignored and discarded.

Here's the address:

Dave Moore P.E., Director
CalTrans District 2
1657 Riverside Drive
Redding, CA 96001

The Boilerplate Letter

If you don't have the time to compose a letter, I've included a basic letter here. You're welcome to use it as-is, if you wish, but I think it would be better if you could personalize it in some way.

You can edit this copy here and then click one of the links below to copy to your clipboard or send it as an email.

Note: All edits happen on your computer, no data is being sent to our server.

Dave Moore P.E., Director			 		1234 Mystreet
CalTrans District 2						Redding, CA 96001
1657 Riverside Drive						<TODAY'S-DATE>
Redding, CA 96001

Dear Director Moore:

I understand that Caltrans is planning to block the existing access
whereby drivers on Westside Road can enter CA Highway 273 at Breslauer
Way.

I'm writing to express my opposition to the proposed project.

I understand that Caltrans claims this will improve
safety. However, Caltrans has offered no evidence to support this
assertion. I am unpersuaded. I've been using the
Westside/Breslauer/273 intersection for many years and I haven't seen
any accidents of note.

If Caltrans proceeds with this project, I will be forced to access 273
at Buenaventura Boulevard, about a half-mile north. This will add
about a minute of travel time to each trip, and expose me to the
fierce and speedy traffic already flowing through Buenaventura.  The
existing Westside/Breslauer/273 intersection, while awkward, is much
calmer and less accident-prone than Buenaventura.

Regardless of travel time and inconvenience, I expect blocking
Westside/Breslauer/273 will cause *more* accidents, not less.

I respectfully ask that Caltrans reconsider this misguided project.

Sincerely,

You can click the link to open the boilerplate letter template in your email client.

d2pio@dot.ca.gov

Once the email appears,
BEFORE you press SEND,
PLEASE:

fix up your return address at the top,
add your name at the bottom, plus
any other changes you want:

Alternatively, you can click here to copy the entire boilerplate letter template to your clipboard. Then you can paste it into the word-processor or email client of your choice:

Thanks!