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URL:https://www.newportbeach.com/events/october-wake-up-newport-cal-trans-
 update-with-director-laurie-berman/
SUMMARY:October WAKE UP! Newport - Cal Trans Update with Director Laurie Be
 rman
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n• Widening of the 405 Fr
 eeway\n• Use of SB-1 Gas Tax Funds\n• Superior/PCH Pedestrian Bridges\
 n• Changes to 55 Freeway\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row]
 [vc_column][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\nFeaturing Guest Speaker\nLaurie Berman\
 nDirector\nCalifornia Department of Transportation\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text
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 537557714453{border-top-width: 10px !important\;border-top-color: #141414 
 !important\;}"]Laurie Berman was appointed by Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
  to be the Director of the California Department of Transportation (Caltra
 ns) beginning in March\, 2018. She leads the more than $8 billion organiza
 tion and nearly 20\,000 employees who build\, maintain\, and operate the 5
 0\,000 lane miles of California’s transportation system.\n\nDirector Ber
 man has been actively engaged in the implementation of SB 1\, the Road Rep
 air and Accountability Act and will seamlessly continue Caltrans’ moment
 um to deliver SB 1 projects and rebuild California.\n\nSince she started a
 t Caltrans in 1983\, Director Berman has held several positions\, includin
 g acting chief deputy director\, San Diego and Imperial county district di
 rector\, chief deputy district director of project delivery\, State Route 
 125 south toll road corridor project manager\, design manager and senior t
 ransportation engineer.\n\nDirector Berman managed a record level of inves
 tment in Imperial County infrastructure from 2009 to 2017 as the district 
 11 director on the south end of the state. She oversaw the Interstate 5 no
 rth coast corridor project groundbreaking\, the successful delivery of the
  State Route 125 public-private partnership project\, and improved mobilit
 y efforts along the California-Mexico Border.\n\nDirector Berman has long 
 been an integral part of a statewide leadership team\, working to ensure C
 altrans will effectively meet growing transportation demands. In 2012\, Be
 rman served on special assignment for an intensive department program revi
 ew. She shares the vision for a future state transportation system infused
  with innovation and new technologies that will provide truly multi-modal 
 options to efficiently move people and goods across California.\n\nBerman 
 is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Women’s T
 ransportation Seminar\, which honored her as the San Diego chapter’s “
 Woman of the Year” in 2011. She earned Bachelor of Science degree in civ
 il engineering in 1983 at Michigan State University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_
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 ded.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_
 text]\nThis event is free to the public\, but please make reservations so 
 we can plan for food and seating.\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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CATEGORIES:Chamber Events,Featured
LOCATION:Newport Beach Public Library (Friends Room)\, 1000 Avocado Ave.\, 
 Newport Beach\, CA\, 92660\, United States
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