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Mailbag: Where’s the traffic coming from on Hwy. 12?

Who knows, but our reader is right. Heaviest traffic is between 2 and 3 p.m.

By | October 7th, 2013|2 Comments

Mailbag: Big wet kisses and what’s up?

This week readers sent some kudos to the traffic folks and a few questions about smog checks and turn arrows.

By | September 18th, 2013|1 Comment

Santa Rosa’s longest traffic light? Farmers at 4th St.

If it feels like you sit forever at the traffic light at Farmers Lane and Fourth Street/Highway 12, that's because it is Santa Rosa's longest light

By | September 5th, 2013|13 Comments

Roads Report: Porter Creek, Petaluma Hill, Carneros and Mendocino updates

A flurry of new road projects join those already underway in Sonoma County this week. Watch for state crews to start extensive projects on Highways 12 and 121 in the Carneros region, and county crews to start repaving the final unimproved stretch of Petaluma Hill Road between Petaluma and Cotati. [...]

By | August 12th, 2013|4 Comments

Roads Report: Sonoma County projects, slurry sealing in Oakmont and a dangerous intersection

The intersection project at Mendocino Avenue and Bicentennial Way continues to cause daytime delays, as does work on the Porter Creek Road bridge. Last week Bean Avenue in Bodega Bay was paved as part of one-time County funding for road sections leading to parks – in this case [...]

By | July 29th, 2013|4 Comments

Mailbag: Pointing fingers at CHP, walking on Hwy. 12, and applause for Caltrans

When do radar operations become fire hazards? Is it legal to walk along Highway 12? And a love letter to Caltrans. Keep reading. Question: Today I was driving north on 101 just past the northbound airport road on ramp. Sitting behind the fence alongside the highway next to the sign [...]

By | June 19th, 2013|7 Comments

Hwy 12 news: Extra enforcement at Fulton Road and Farmers Lane work

On either ends of Santa Rosa, Highway 12 will be in the spotlight this week. Santa Rosa police will be monitoring one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections, Fulton Road at Highway 12, which  last year was tied for sixth place with 7 collisions. As part of a weekly Monday through [...]

By | June 16th, 2013|0 Comments

Mailbag: Status report on Farmers Lane extension

Like so many other things, Santa Rosa's traffic relief comes in small bites when permits have been issued and money is available, leaving some projects lined up behind those with higher priority. That's the case with construction designed to relieve pressure at the Hearn Avenue/101 interchange and at Farmers Lane/Highway [...]

By | June 13th, 2013|2 Comments

Adobe Road closed Saturday for SMART work and other cone zones

Road work continues throughout Sonoma County with very little new to report other than a one-day road closure in Penngrove and two one-day projects on small roads near the Geysers and northwest of Santa Rosa. Here's what to expect this week: On Saturday, June 1, SMART crews will close the [...]

By | May 28th, 2013|0 Comments

Highway 12 intersection gets extra police attention

This week, Santa Rosa police are monitoring one of the city’s most collision-prone intersections, Highway 12 at Jack London Drive, which  last year was tied for sixth place with 7 collisions. As part of a weekly Monday through Friday special enforcement program, Officer Jeff Adams says officers particularly will be looking [...]

By | May 27th, 2013|3 Comments