>It's a nit, I know, but there's no such entity as CADOT. It's Caltrans >(which you need to know if you're going to do a Google search, for example).
Apologies. Subject corrected. >My sense of it is that it's a complete reversion. A Google search on >Caltrans metric provides the following link to the relevant page: >http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/oppd/metric/metricpg.htm. That returns a Page Not Found. So effectively contractors must submit plans in Colonial units ? I seem to remember that someone on this list quoted a federal regulation preventing state or government bodies from refusing to accept metric units (it arose in the case of somebody demanding a state DOT accepting his height in meters for a driving license) ? Could this be used to challenge the Caltrans position ? How does this affect Federal construction (or is all federal funded road construction done via the individual states) ? ----------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Wade | EMail: tee dot wade at eurokom dot ie EuroKom | Tel: +353 (1) 296-9696 A2, Nutgrove Office Park | Fax: +353 (1) 296-9697 Rathfarnham | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Dublin 14 | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !" Ireland
