$36.5 MILLION Construction
Interstate-15 California/Nevada
LEFT California inspection station protects
agriculture, angers drivers – Las Vegas Review-Journal
RIGHT
Photo of State of California Food & Agriculture Dept: Inspection Station -
Yermo, CA
Agriculture
Inspection Station
The
California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in San Bernardino,
California reports that construction work has begun on Phase II at the Joint Port of Entry on Interstate 15 (I-15) near
the California/Nevada state line.
The
construction involves a newly built Agriculture Inspection Station (AIS)
facility and removal of the existing Agricultural Station in Yermo, California.
The project was awarded to Granite Construction Co. and is estimated to be
complete in late 2018 (weather permitting).
Crews
will typically work Monday through Saturday from 6:00 A.M. to 3:30 P.M. with
most of the work occurring off of the freeway. However, there will be some
nighttime work and closure
information
will be shared in advance.
Joint
Port of Entry facilities address significant transportation and environmental
issues by
ferreting
out overweight trucks and minimizing the spread of invasive and evasive species
that
could
find a home here in California’s agricultural industry.
Phase I at the Joint
Port of Entry was the construction of the California Highway Patrol (CHP) Commercial
Vehicle Enforcement Facility (CVEF) and was completed last Summer.
These
projects are the result of the cooperative efforts of four-state agencies—
California
Department of Transportation (Caltrans)
California
Highway Patrol (CHP)
California
Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)
California
Department of General Services (DGS).
Know before you go!
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San Bernardino and Riverside Counties
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