Starting late next week, there will be lane changes on Highway 101 as construction crews move along in widening the road in Rohnert Park and Cotati, according to the CHP. Dates are tentative. --Highway 101 at Highway 116, on the night of June 2 northbound traffic will switch to the [...]
Question: Dear Road Warrior, I had a question about a speed limit sign that used to be just outside of Cotati going south on Old Redwood Highway. The speed limit in Cotati on that stretch is 35 mph, and as soon as you leave the city limits, there was a [...]
Caltrans has big plans next month for drivers going through the Rohnert Park-Cotati construction zone on Highway 101. Spokesman Robert Haus said the exact dates aren't pinned down but: --At Railroad Avenue in Cotati, southbound 101 traffic will be shifted to the right onto a new overpass, while northbound will [...]
Highway construction season is back in swing in Sonoma County, so that means Caltrans is getting busy with lane closures. Here are this week's closures, according to Caltrans: --Highway 1, two miles south of the Russian River Bridge, one-way traffic control 24/7 for storm damage repair. --Highway 116, just east [...]
The goal of the radar-detection trailer on southbound Highway 101 south of Highway 116 is to remind drivers to watch their speed in the construction zone. But on Tuesday everyone was going 88 mph -- sports cars, hybrids, big rigs, buses, everyone -- at least according to the radar sign. [...]
A reader asked recently just how many crashes there have been in the Rohnert Park-Cotati construction zone on Highway 101. Last year, when construction really got going, 371 crashes were handled by the CHP between Santa Rosa Avenue and Petaluma Boulevard North compared to 298 for the same stretch in [...]
A special DUI strike team of police officers will patrol downtown Cotati on Thursday to arrest anyone who celebrated St. Patrick's Day with too much to drink. Other extra officers will be focusing on areas in the Sonoma County with high incidents of DUI collisions and arrests, all part of [...]
Caltrans heard you. Or perhaps it's just a coincidence. But yesterday we warned readers about a dangerous stretch of worn pavement on Highway 101 in Rohnert Park, and several readers responded with comments and demands -- "Caltrans, Fix the dog gone problem now!" Now it is. Caltrans announced this morning [...]
Caltrans plans to close Highway 116 and Railroad Avenue that run under Highway 101 on Thursday and Friday nights to allow construction crews to work on new overpasses as part of the widening of Highway 101. Both stretches will be closed 10 p.m. until 5 a.m. the next day.
Here's a question from a Cotati readers regarding the Highway 101 widening project: QUESTION: I live adjacent to 101 in Cotati, and endured a lot of noise and vibration from the highway improvements this last year. I was wondering why it is that with all the money being spent, nobody [...]