District 11

Friday, May 16, 2008

Contact: Public Information Officer Ed Cartagena Phone: (619) 688-6670

Caltrans To Sell Excess Land In Public Auction

SAN DIEGO –The Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be hosting a public auction to sell excess land at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 11. Registration begins at 9 in the Gallegos Room at the District Office Complex, 4050 Taylor Street, San Diego.

Five vacant lots will be available in the public oral auction. Minimum bid prices range from $5,000 to $194,000. The lots are located throughout the cities of San Diego, La Mesa and Lemon Grove, and the community of Spring Valley.

The bidder’s registration fee is $7,500 for each property, paid the day of the auction by cashier’s check, certified check or money order, and made payable to the Department of Transportation. For winning bidders, the fee is applied toward the 10 percent deposit due five working days following the auction. The fee is refunded for non-winning bidders.

Excess land is property that Caltrans originally acquired for a transportation project or other operational need, such as a maintenance station. The property becomes excess

when the Department determines that it is no longer needed. Proceeds from the sale of excess land are deposited into the State Highway Account and used for future transportation projects.

For more information about the auction, please contact Christine Senteno, (619) 688-6936, Pamela Lemar, (619) 688-6942 or Diane Ridge, (619) 688-3179 in the Caltrans Right of Way Division, or log on to www.dot.ca.gov/property.

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