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title: Caltrans HDPE Culvert Melts
description: Repairs for October’s I-5 fire will cost Caltrans $2 million Caltrans Spokesperson Deanna Shoopman said the culvert underneath the off-ramp to Arena Boulevard acted like a vacuum and sucked the wildfire inside of it.   https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/caltrans-to-spend-2-million-on-repairs/103-2ffd3677-c652-40d3-af68-293924c3f524 https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/11/13/nb-i-5-off-ramp-to-arena-boulevard-to-be-closed-this-weekend-for-emergency-repairs/  
image: https://california.concretepipe.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Burned-Culvert-and-Flared-End-Section-Sep-16-2021-08-27-10-82-PM.png
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# Caltrans HDPE Culvert Melts

![](https://california.concretepipe.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Burned-Culvert-and-Flared-End-Section-Sep-16-2021-08-27-10-82-PM.png)

 November 15

# Repairs for October’s I-5 fire will cost Caltrans $2 million

Caltrans Spokesperson Deanna Shoopman said the culvert underneath the off-ramp to Arena Boulevard acted like a vacuum and sucked the wildfire inside of it.

 

[https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/caltrans-to-spend-2-million-on-repairs/103-2ffd3677-c652-40d3-af68-293924c3f524](https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/caltrans-to-spend-2-million-on-repairs/103-2ffd3677-c652-40d3-af68-293924c3f524)

[https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/11/13/nb-i-5-off-ramp-to-arena-boulevard-to-be-closed-this-weekend-for-emergency-repairs/](https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2019/11/13/nb-i-5-off-ramp-to-arena-boulevard-to-be-closed-this-weekend-for-emergency-repairs/)

 

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