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Road projects, traffic delays

Monday, at 9:42 by

Here are some road projects this week where traffic delays are likely: –Arnold Drive, from London Ranch Road to the Sonoma Development Center, for paving completion, all week. –Bennett Valley Road, from Grange Road to Santa Rosa, for road striping on Thursday. –Bodega Highway, from Sexton to Jonive roads, for road striping on Wednesday. –Lakeville Road, from Old Lakeville No. 2 to Old Lakeville No. 3, for tree trimming/removal, all week. –Leveroni Road, from Arnold Drive to Sonoma, road striping… Read More »

Bennett Valley, Bodega Hwy. work today

Friday, at 9:58 by

Heads up if you’re going out on Bennett Valley Road or Bodega Highway:The Sonoma County roads department is working on both roads. Crews are doing shoulder work Friday and Saturday after having finished up repaving work on Bennett Valley Road. The project is from Grange Road to Santa Rosa. For Bodega Highway, crews are doing guardrail and other work, also after having completed a repaving project. The work is from Sexton to Jonive roads. The roads department warns one-way traffic… Read More »

Traffic delays on key rural roads

Tuesday, at 9:38 by

The Sonoma County roads department plans work this week on some key rural roads and warns traffic delays are likely: –Bennett Valley Road from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for repaving from Grange Road to Santa Rosa. Crews also will cleaning ditches along Bennett Valley Road from Sonoma Mountain Road east to Warm Springs Road. –Bodega Highway from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday and Monday for repaving from Sexton to Jonive roads. –Mark West Springs Road… Read More »

Possible traffic delays on Sonoma County roads

Monday, at 11:35 by

The Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works and CHP say a few road projects around the county could cause traffic delays this week: –Bennett Valley Road for brush cutting. –Bloomfield Road, from Valley Ford to Canfield roads, for ditching work, from today through Aug. 12. –Browns Lane, from Lakeville Highway to South Ely Road, is closed because of a sewer main failure that occurred Saturday. –Geysers Road for some paving repairs. –Mueller and Vine Hill roads at Highway… Read More »

4 county roads to be repaved

Friday, at 11:12 by

Sonoma County plans to smooth out the bumps and holes along four roads this month through paving projects. Steve Urbanek, pavement preservation manager for the county’s Transportation and Public Works Department, said, weather permitting, the work should start in late June and may go into early July. The roads are: –Leveroni Road, from Arnold Drive to the Sonoma city limits. –Bodega Highway, from Jonive to Sexton roads. –Bennett Valley Road, from Grange Road to the Santa Rosa city limits. –Mark… Read More »

4 county roads to be repaved this summer

Monday, at 6:26 by

Relief is coming this summer for some local drivers tired of banged up roads. Federal money saved from road projects around the state has been funneled to Sonoma County for four repaving projects: –Leveroni Road, from Arnold Drive to the Sonoma city limits. –Bodega Highway, from Jonive Road to Sexton Road. –Mark West Springs Road, from about Leslie Road west for a short stretch. –Bennett Valley Road, from Grange Road to the Santa Rosa city limits.. Steve Urbanek, pavement preservation… Read More »

He crashed, she came to help, both went to jail on DUI

Thursday, at 3:46 by

Togetherness is wonderful. A Santa Rosa man this week was arrested on suspicion of DUI after crashing his car, and his girlfriend also was arrested on DUI after she drove up to the crash scene to check on him, the CHP reported Thursday. Brandon Cheney, 23, was arrested after CHP officers responded to a 10:10 p.m. Tuesday call of a collision on Holland Drive near Bennett Valley Road and found a Toyota pickup on its side, blocking the road. Cheney… Read More »

5 road projects upcoming in Sonoma County

Wednesday, at 11:09 by

Five upcoming road projects in Sonoma County will make life easier for drivers. Four of the projects involve asphalt overlays: –Leveroni Road, from Arnold Drive to Sonoma city limits. –Bodega Highway, from Jovini to Sexton roads. –Mark West Springs Road, from Mark West Lodge west 1.3 miles. –Bennett Valley Road, from Grange Road to Santa Rosa city limits. Steve Urbanek, pavement preservation manager for the county roads department, said the work could be done this fall if the winter rains… Read More »

County improves a nasty stretch of road

Wednesday, at 10:51 by

If you drive Mark West Springs Road/Porter Creek Road between Santa Rosa and Napa, things just got surprisingly smoother for you. The Sonoma County roads department recently paved a segment of Porter Creek Road west of Calistoga Road that had to be one of the bumpiest, pothole-patched stretches in the county. And it did it cheaply. Porter Creek Road wasn’t on the county’s list for immediate improvements, but the roads department decided to do the work after Caterpillar offered to… Read More »

Sonoma County road work

Tuesday, at 7:49 by

The Sonoma County roads department plans the following road work this week — the days of the work are subject to change: –Bennett Valley Road, from Enterprise and Keiser Ranch roads, for paving Wednesday and Thursday. -–Bennett Valley Road, from Warm Springs to Sonoma Mountain roads, for brush cutting today and Wednesday. -–Eastside Road, from Trenton Healdsburg Road to Old Redwood Highway, for ditch cleaning, through Thursday. –Petrified Forest Road, from Napa County to Porter Creek Road, for chip sealing… Read More »