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Caltrans says access modified to new Murphys median after residents, publisher raise concerns
Summary
Calaveras County Council of Governments members and Caltrans staff discussed a recently installed concrete median at the SR 4/Tom Bell Road (Murphys) intersection after residents and a local publisher raised concerns about access, business impacts and communications; Caltrans said it has modified access and will study further changes.
Calaveras County Council of Governments members on Oct. 1 heard public complaints about a concrete median recently installed at the State Route 4 intersection with Tom Bell Road and Big Trees Road in Murphys, and Caltrans staff told the board it had modified access and will examine additional improvements.
Christopher Butler, publisher of calaveras2026election.com, told the board that Caltrans had published the project on the state SeqNet site in June 2024 and that local officials were left scrambling afterwards. Butler said the county and COG were “blindsided” and asked why local leaders had not caught the project earlier.
The matter matters to residents and business owners because the median sits in the heart of Murphys’ commercial area and, according to Caltrans staff, was…
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