Dear Commissioners and staff,
I received a copy of the letter to
Sara from Jeff Morales. I want to emphasize to you that to my
knowledge Caltrans has still not agreed to construct railings based on
un-modified Wyoming Rails. As you now know, the Wyoming
Transportation Department has now confirmed that its rail meets all
current design and safety standards.
The railings Caltrans proposes to
build are all almost indistinguishably ugly and opaque. Until Caltrans
agrees to present alternatives based on un-modified Wyoming Rails, the
Commission is being denied the opportunity to choose the obviously best
railing.
Perhaps Caltrans did agree to build
un-modified Wyoming Rails without my knowledge, but nothing that I've
received suggests that they have. I've not received a copy of any response
by John Allison to Steve Scholl's requests in his letter of August 14,
more than two months ago.
Peter, could you please let me know
whether Caltrans has made any response to Steve's letter. If not, it
would seem appropriate for the Chair of the Commission to forward a copy
of this letter (with the correction I've provided to the third point) to
Mr. Morales with a request for a response.
Time is passing, and the further
Caltrans gets without responding, the more time is being lost and the
harder it will be to get them to provide the Commission with a truly good
scenic railing.
Please don't let this opportunity slip
away.
Sincerely,
Vince
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