At stoplights or stop signs, you see some drivers leaving huge gaps between them and the car in front. Others are almost sitting on the car’s bumper. What’s going on? It’s not an issue addressed in the state Vehicle Code, Petaluma Police Sgt. Ken Savano notes. Some drivers like to creep up close to the car in front so as to provide as much room as possible for cars behind them, he says. Others leave plenty of room to be… Read More »
Here’s a question from a reader: What is the schedule for repaving of Old Redwood Highway between Petaluma and Cotati? This is a heavily traveled road and has not been improved for a century. It’s not a coincidence it is called “Old.” What is the county supervisors’ solution to the poor repaving done a couple of years ago on Occidental, West Sierra, and Crane Canyon roads? The county used a repaving technique (chip seal) that rendered these roads worse than… Read More »
Sonoma County’s anti-DUI campaign will continue after the state awarded a $300,000 grant for the Avoid the 13 task force. The task force, which includes all police agencies in the county and is coordinated by Petaluma police, had a three-year grant of $659,000 that ended Sept. 30. The money pays for various anti-DUI operations, such as checkpoints and saturation patrols, and covers the overtime of officers participating in the operations. Petaluma Sgt. Ken Savano, who is in his fourth year… Read More »
Cotati, home to Sonoma County’s annual accordion festival, has something else to sing about: The new Highway 101 retaining walls and overpass. They’re decorated with music notes, although whether the notes actually make music is unknown. The idea for the design originated with Cotati City Manager Dianne Thompson. She said Caltrans came to the city with three general options for jazzing up the walls and overpass but none of them seem to fit Cotati. “I did some sketching, gave it… Read More »
For drivers caught up in today’s closure of Highway 101 in Cotati, there’s some relief coming. By 4 p.m. Thursday, the Sonoma County roads department expects to have reopened Adobe Road, which has been closed intermittently for road work. Construction crews have been working on repaving Adobe Road between Penngrove and Corona Road near Petaluma for a week or so, and the road was supposed to be closed intermittently until 6 p.m. Thursday. But Tom O’Kane, deputy director of the… Read More »
With Highway 101 closed northbound and southbound snarled in Cotati this morning because of the big rig crash, how did it affect your commute? How much longer did it take? Do you have a backup route that you take when something like this happens? Tell us about your experience by leaving a comment below.
Caltrans is warning of possible traffic delays Tuesday in Cotati as crews repair sections of deteriorating pavement along Highway 116. The work is scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday and will be at various locations within the city.
Caltrans is warning that it plans to close Highway 116 under Highway 101 on Wednesday and Thursday nights to allow crews to work on widening 101 there. The closure is set for 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. both nights.
Caltrans construction work tonight will prompt the closure of Highway 116 at Highway 101 in Cotati. The closure is to be 10 p.m. today to 6 a.m. Sunday, according to Caltrans info.
Caltrans has updated its timeline for changes in the Rohnert Park-to-Cotati-to-Petaluma construction zone of Highway 101. For widening 101 from Pepper Road south to Petaluma Boulevard North, K-rails have been going up along the road but Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus said construction will really begin around mid-July. The new Wilfred Avenue overpass, which was due to open in early July, now is expected to open up to traffic on July 22. The new Wilfred Avenue exit for southbound 101 is… Read More »
