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Cotati’s musical Hwy. 101 walls, overpass

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. [...]

By | October 27th, 2011|8 Comments

Adobe Road plan

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 [...]

By | October 20th, 2011|0 Comments

How did 101 closure affect you?

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 [...]

By | October 20th, 2011|46 Comments

Overnight road work in Cotati

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.

By | October 17th, 2011|0 Comments

Hwy. 116 in Cotati closed 2 nights

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.

By | July 25th, 2011|0 Comments

Hwy. 116 closed overnight

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.

By | July 23rd, 2011|0 Comments

What’s new in 101 construction zone?

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 [...]

By | July 5th, 2011|2 Comments

Bay Area annual pothole report

Roads maintained by Sonoma County no longer are the worst in the Bay Area -- they're second worse. In its annual pothole report, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission reported today that the county roads last year had a pavement condition index of 45, which is rated as poor. But [...]

By | June 22nd, 2011|4 Comments

Tickets plunge in Cotati, Rohnert Park, jump in Windsor

The number of traffic tickets issued last year by police in Cotati and Rohnert Park dropped by more than half while the number in Windsor soared, according to Sonoma County traffic court records. A total of 80,395 tickets in 2010 were filed for processing with the court, up from 77,351 [...]

By | June 14th, 2011|4 Comments

Tonight’s Hwy. 101 lane shift delayed

Caltrans announced this afternoon that it's delaying tonight's expected traffic shift on northbound Highway 101 in Cotati because of this week's rains, and other lane shifts also are being pushed back. Northbound traffic now is scheduled to shift lanes Monday night, moving onto a new overpass over Highway 116 in [...]

By | June 2nd, 2011|0 Comments