Senator Joel Anderson issued a scathing report of Caltrans on April 3, 2013. indicating:
" Caltrans employees average an annual salary of $100,000 yet California ranks 48th in the nation in state highway performance and cost-effectivemess;
Handing out 40% pay hikes over the last three years:
Running up highway project costs (due primarily to pay hikes) by over $300 million;
Withholding budget information from the Governor, Legislature and public;
Keeping 1500 Caltrans employees on payroll even though their jobs cannot be justified;
Ordering new vehicles when unused fleets sit gathering dust;
Billing taxpayers for junkets, including one to the exclusive Palm Desert resort."
"The latest report sheds light on Caltrans employees falsifying data of strength testing of California bridges and exposes Caltrans supervisors of stealing state property for their personal use.
These troubling reports follow recent news of broken bolts being discovered on teh Oakland Bay Bridge, the latest setback for a $6.4 billion project that was originally estimated at over $1 billion.
Also investigative reporters recently revealed Caltrans employees drinking all day on the job instead of working." said Senator Anderson.
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