Search clarification · I-40 near Needles, California
Caltrans says its I-40 traffic cameras do not record.
Reply received:
Summary posted:
Caltrans says its encroachment-permits staff handled the original search and found no camera permits or agreements. It describes cameras in its I-40 right-of-way as Caltrans-owned, used for live traffic monitoring and not recording.
Wording from the reply
“Our cameras are for the live monitoring of traffic only.”
What this establishes
This is Caltrans’s account, not a site-by-site inventory or a verified right-of-way boundary. No supporting records accompanied the reply. It does not identify equipment at the agriculture station or on nearby property.
What happens next
Await CDFA’s station records. The Caltrans reply does not explain which record systems or construction files were searched.
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