The California Region of the American Society of Civil Engineers held a Statewide Infrastructure Symposium on March 18th at the Sheraton Grand in Sacramento with over 220 delegates. Will Kempton, Executive Director of the California Transportation Commission delivered the Opening Keynote emphasizing the significant challenges and opportunities lying ahead for closing the ever-widening funding gap between transportation infrastructure needs and allocated investment. Then delegates broke into two tracks – one on water, one on transportation. The Transportation Track featured 18 presentations in four sessions by prominent speakers from state and local agencies and nonprofit organizations along