Adopt-a-Cabinet Program Community Feedback Survey The Ventura County Public Works Agency is exploring the launch of a new Adopt-a-Cabinet Program. This program will transform traffic utility cabinets into public artworks that celebrate local arts and culture, deter graffiti, and beautify community spaces in unincorporated Ventura County. We want to hear from you! Please review the…
Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Impact Report Hueneme Road Widening The County of Ventura (County) Department of Public Works proposes to widen Hueneme Road to include four vehicle lanes, a paved median, buffered bike lanes, and paved shoulders (project). The project is located on Hueneme Road between Edison Drive to the east…
Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Professional Services for Countywide Non-NBI Bridge Inspections The Ventura County Public Works Agency – Roads & Transportation department (PWA-RT) is seeking a qualified firm to conduct updated inspections of the County’s 79 non-National Bridge Inventory (non-NBI) bridges, which have not been evaluated since 2011. These inspections are necessary to…
July 25th, 2025 Santa Paula Times Those often-buffeted residents living along the Santa Paula Creek will especially want to attend a special scoping meeting to be held in person and on Zoom on Wednesday, July 23 staged by the county of Ventura government to address a fix for the at-times raging waters. The meeting will…
Ventura County only Bilingual Newspaper June 19th 2025 By Editorial Team Supervisor Kelly Long’s Office and the Ventura County Public Works Agency (CPWA), in collaboration with community partners and local leaders, celebrated the completion of the El Rio Pedestrian Improvements Project with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday, June 2, 2025, at the First Baptist…
Amigos 805 July 2nd 2025 By Community Contributor VENTURA — The Ventura County Public Works Agency (VCPWA) is pleased to welcome Earthea Nance, PE to the role of Watershed Protection Director. Watershed Protection serves to provide control and conservation of flood and stormwaters, and to protect and maintain watercourses, watershed, life and property in the…
VC Star May 25th, 2025 By David Goldstein Public Works Week, was May 18-24, and the American Public Works Association’s 2025 theme was “People, Purpose, Presence.” These cornerstone ideals explain the value and relevance of many public works programs, including programs that benefit our environment.On May 20, dozens of county workers led interactive activities and…
Ojai Valley News March 27, 2025 After reaching recent milestones, the project to remove Matilija Dam “is progressing well,” according to county officials. “We talk about the three big rocks in the jar. What’s our focus today?” asked Jeff Palmer, assistant director with the Ventura County Public Works Agency. This calendar year, Palmer said, the…
VC Star By David Goldstein Feb. 7, 2025 Vandals repeatedly broke locks on cigarette butt containers along the Ventura beach promenade, sometimes dumping out the carefully stored cigarettes and sometimes stealing the entire container. Adding to the litter prevention program’s woes, a wrong-way driver exiting the nearby parking garage drove onto the promenade and destroyed…
Moorpark Acorn By David Goldstein 2/7/25 After the fire comes the cleanup, and Bakersfield-based Remedial Transportation Services—RTS—has begun work under a contract with the County of Ventura to remove debris from homes burned in last month’s Mountain fire. The company’s workers are looking for telltale green painted-letter identification on burned-out autos that alerts them whether…