About RTL Traffic Control & Equipment Rental

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A Brief About Our Company

RTL Traffic Control & Equipment Rental was established in January 2002 by Renee Ortega, Terra Chiaramonte, and Linda Ortega as a Bare Equipment Rental company. Linda Ortega, alongside her husband Maurice Ortega, established A.M, Ortega Construction in 1974. Daughters Renee and Terra grew up watching their parents grow A.M. Ortega into what it is today and decided they wanted to venture out on their own. Discovering a need and a niche in the equipment rental industry, they took their construction experience and founded RTL.

In 2013, Renee and Terra saw another opportunity in Traffic Control services and began doing business as RTL Traffic Control and Equipment Rental. Soon after, they lost their partner and mother Linda Ortega to cancer. Renee and Terra have since worked hard to establish a reputable name in the traffic control industry, always "striving to provide customer service with safety as a priority."

Our local, family-owned, and woman-owned business has had the unique opportunity to work on major projects in San Diego County, providing all traffic control needs. This experience has prepared us to work effectively and efficiently on projects, both large and small, in the public works and private sectors.

Our goal is to build lasting relationships with clients across San Diego while offering a full range of traffic control, equipment rentals, construction signage and engineering plan and permit services. Contact our professionals today to learn more about our services.

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See What One of Our Happy Customers Has to Say About Us

"A.M. Ortega Construction, Inc employed RTL Equipment and Traffic Control to provide traffic control service on a recent project we completed for San Diego Gas and Electric Company. The project, known as TL 663, included more than 3 miles of trenching for the installation of new underground facilities in the Kearny Mesa area, extending from the County terminal of the roadway. This 10 month night project provided unique challenges for the traffic control service, including multiple spreads extending a cross several signalized intersections, deconfliction of work with other contractors in the area, close scrutiny by the client and regulatory agencies for adherence to both the letter of the plans and the most effective methods for conditions, and the ever-present challenge of performing operant traffic control (flagging) to change multi-lane roads to single, one way reversing roads at night. Throughout all of this, RTL's professional staff and efficiently through our work areas. Their Manager, Dan Chiaramonte, attended weekly meetings with us and SDG&E assuring RTL was in the loop and on top of every issue that arose or change in schedule. We will b excited to again have their services/equipment on our next difficult traffic project."

— Steven C. Wood, PMP

Estimating Division Manager