A final report on the fire that shut down the 10 Freeway in downtown L.A. last year found Caltrans had numerous problems with how it regulated space under the overpass.
and became national news after it led to the shutdown of a stretch of the freeway for more than a week. Repairs are still ongoing nearly seven months later.Among its findings, the report says Caltrans failed to conduct required annual inspections of the property that was being leased beneath the freeway.
Of the inspections Caltrans did run, the agency "failed to rectify numerous potential lease violations and other serious safety conditions that it had identified." The report also says Caltrans' actions cost the state nearly $500,000 in revenue when it failed to execute a new written lease agreement following the expiration of the previous lease in 2016.
That action may have violated the law requiring competitive bidding and the state's Constitution, according to the report."Safety is Caltrans' top priority, and the department takes the results of this audit report seriously. Since the fire under Interstate 10, Caltrans has implemented new oversight measures for Airspace properties at both the district and statewide levels and imposed stricter requirements for prospective tenants.
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