Comments on: The worst road in Sonoma County is …

By: Marla Steele

Marla Steele — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 14:35:55 +0000

Definitely Liberty rd in Petaluma between Skillman and Pepper. I have been wanting to take a video camera and drive with it attached to the dash. My truck, trailer and car all had axle damage that I swear is from driving here every day. PLEASE do something with this road. It is a major thorough fare for the rural area.

By: Road.Warrior

Road.Warrior — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:31:34 +0000

Anne,
That’s a good idea. Thanks

By: anne

anne — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 01:28:33 +0000

next year you should have 2 categories, one for rural roads and one for city streets. the rural roads are all pretty crappy and we know the county isn’t going to fix them, but maybe the cities or county can do something about the worst high-traffic roads.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 00:45:30 +0000

Thank you Cindy

Cindy Senk, a co-owner of Senk Farms on the road, gives credit to the city roads crews.

“The city of Rohnert Park is very good in coming out” to fill potholes, she said, noting a phone call brings a quick response. But there’s not much a road crew can do than fill potholes — the road “is so far gone.”

By: Glory

Glory — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:34:46 +0000

What about Corby Avenue in Santa Rosa between the DMV and the 7-Eleven. That short distance is in shameful disrepair and is surely neglected because of the low income of that hugely populated neighborhood.

By: JEFF FERDINANDSON

JEFF FERDINANDSON — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 22:28:38 +0000

Has anyone seen the terrible resurfacing job done on marlow between guernville and piner?

By: Charlene

Charlene — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:34:09 +0000

I used to drive this road regularly and — honestly — if people know the road is bad, why don’t they slow down? I used to get passed by a lot of yahoo’s who apparently felt they could drive that road at 55+. I never had any damage to my vehicle; wonder why? It never hurts to slow down and watch for wildlife along rural roads like this, too.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 19:15:50 +0000

I should’ve voted for Mark West Station. It’s falling apart just past Ocean View Farms and along Windsor Creek.

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 07:19:26 +0000

They dont want to put money into the roads because they want their christmas bonus. Our tax dollars are obviously not going to schools or the roads, they are going to the government, and what is government? a body of people, people who get paid a lot of money to spend on their Mercedes or their boats. the streets are horrible. They just repaved marlowe rd and it feels and looks like crap, worse than it was before. sigh

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:31:38 +0000

…and the subtext of this ongoing theme, of course, is to beat the drum for diverting as much money as possible into roads and automotive infrastructure, which make millions for local construction firms. Which, coincidentally, happen to be deeply tied into the Press Democrat’s primary sources of revenue.

Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth: Sonoma County is the largest of the 9 Bay Area counties, with an extensive network of roads, many of which were built atop wagon trails, without roadbeds. The county will never have sufficient revenue to bring all of them up to par, and we need to get used to it. There are higher priorities for our money. End of story.

By: bootay

bootay — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 06:15:21 +0000

i think ive gone 95 on that road. so saves more than a few seconds.

By: Itsme

Itsme — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:59:42 +0000

Part of the problem is the drivers. But the article is wrong; the entire length of Keizer Avenue (itself a hi-falootin’ name, as it USED to be Keizer Road) will two accommodate standard-size vehicles going in opposite directions. It’s the bad drivers who are the real problem:

“I have an Ess-You-and Vee and I need to hog the road…the other guy needs to move over for me.”

“It has no guard rails. What’s going to stop me from falling off the road?”

“I have a Baby On Board (just as when those stupid signs were so popular…what the h*** does that have to do with anything?”

By: jon

jon — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:37:11 +0000

Who cares about Keiser road. They should make it a gravel driveway before spending any money on it. The fact that it even made the list is ridiculous. It only saves a couple seconds of time.

If driving on that road seems to damage your car, the solution is simple. TAKE RP EXPRESSWAY!!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:32:23 +0000

The people who live on Cavedale Rd. would kill for a road so nice. The picture make the choice look down right smoooooth.

By: PeggyR

PeggyR — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:13:50 +0000

Rasputin makes a good point: it is the drivers’ responsibility to slow down when necessary. On the other hand, the street I voted for – Milbrae between Stony Point and the WalMart/Home Depot shopping center in Rohnert Park — is posted as 40 mph. Now if it’s posted at 40 mph, you can hardly blame drivers for driving 40 mph. The City/County/whoever shares some responsibility here: if they know a road is in particularly poor condition and that it isn’t going to be fixed any time soon, then they should post — and enforce — a significantly reduced speed limit. When there’s no one behind me, I drive Milbrae at 30 max.

By: Rex Faktor

Rex Faktor — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 02:05:18 +0000

The map in the story is a nice touch. More PD articles would benefits from such support…

By: rasputin

rasputin — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:39:32 +0000

maybe if people slowed down they would not be beating their cars to death. No they will not as slowing down is a proactive choice and takes the responsibility of the driver. They want the roads to be like race tracks so they can wait on the couch watching tv untill the last second and then they try to make up time by driving faster.

These roads were build by farmers for their wagons. then the county came along hired a bunch of farmer kids to pave them with no foundation. Now with all the city slickers driving them all day long they are falling apart everywhere. Its the country, get used to it or move back to the big suburban cities in the south bay where you came from.

By: Oski

Oski — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 23:30:38 +0000

Glad to see Keiser “won”—it is very worthy of the dubious honor! Trust me, I am on it 5 days a week, shuttling kids to and from school….

By: Road.Warrior

Road.Warrior — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:37:16 +0000

Dar,

Got a call in to Caltrans.

By: Dar

Dar — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:29:35 +0000

Any chance you could contact Caltrans or the government body that is responsible for the section of 101 between Windsor and Healdsburg to see if anything is going to be done to address that horrible section of highway? It would be greatly appreciated!