Local Government Agencies Come Out With a Series of New Projects on the First of April

As another month begins, local agencies are busy posting about new projects underway. In order to help you learn about these, we’ve gathered several of them here in one post:

First, Fortuna Police say they have a new weapon to combat texting:

TEXTING DRIVERS BEWARE!!!

The Fortuna Police Department is employing a new technology to combat texting and driving.

The first of its kind in this area, the “Cell Phone Terminator” will be used to short circuit, or render completely useless, any cell phone being used by drivers on The road. The device, which looks like a traditional radar gun, and is used in basically the same “point and shoot” manner, uses Gamma Ray technology to fry the electronic motherboard of an offender’s phone from up to 300 yards away, permanently rendering the phone useless. Seized drug money will be used to purchase the technology and to train officers.

“This is the cutting edge of Law Enforcement and we can’t wait to get our officers trained up.” Chief Dobberstein said. “We are the first agency to take the training. The supplier can’t get us on their training schedule until May because April’s full”

Caltrans District 1 says it has plans to deal with the long straight stretch near Clam Beach:

For those of you who are tired of driving the long, flat stretch along Clam Beach, we have news for you! In 2182, the new Ocean Skyway Bridge will be complete. This project will reduce northbound drive time to Trinidad by 10 minutes (southbound traffic will gain an extra 20 minutes due to a permanent one-way traffic signal) and offer great views of sea life and crab boats. A public meeting to decide the color of the bridge will be held two years before final completion. For more information about this bridge project, please see http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist1/d1projects/ocean_skyway_bridge/

Shasta Trinity National Forest is taking more steps to protect Sasquatch:

There are many reasons the U.S. Forest Service conserves open space. It allows us to deliver clean water, provide space for recreation activities and maintain wildlife habitat for a variety of creatures – most notably the North American Sasquatch.
While most people believe this Ape Man to be a thing of folklore and urban legend, researcher Thaddeus Guttenberg, with the U.S. Forest Service Mythical Wildlife Division, recently confirmed that Bigfoot is as real as he is.

“We’ve been keeping its existence under wraps for years to protect its privacy,” said Guttenberg. “But because the country is losing more and more open space each day, we wanted to make it known that the habitat to one of America’s greatest legends may be at risk.”

Read entire blog here: http://1.usa.gov/1MzlFd2

If you have any other new programs being brought to light this April First, please share in the comments below.