Here's a couple of weekend events that could affect traffic: --The Gopro Indy Grand Prix of Sonoma starts Friday and goes through Sunday at the Sears Point racetrack. The CHP doesn't expect much of a problem on Friday and Saturday, but Napa Officer Jake Ramos warns congestion is expected on [...]
Caltrans on Thursday opened the new northbound carpool lane on Highway 101 in Novato. The new lane runs from Highway 37 to Atherton Avenue. Last month, Caltrans opened a new segment of the southbound carpool lane in about the same area of Novato. Construction of both segments of the carpool [...]
Caltrans this week opened a new southbound carpool lane on Highway 101 in Novato and in a couple of weeks plans to open a northbound carpool lane there. Both are signs that the widening of 101 from northern Marin County to northern Petaluma is inching along, although closing the carpool [...]
Here's a tip that will save you plenty of time and frustration this weekend: Avoid the Sears Point area, particularly Highways 37 and 121. NASCAR is rolling in at Sears Point for the Toyota/Save Mart 350, and the race is expected to draw about 100,000 fans for Sunday's race. But [...]
Crews today are to resume cutting and trimming eucalyptus trees along Lakeville Highway, likely causing some traffic delays between Petaluma and Highway 37. One-way traffic control will be in effect from about Old Lakeville Road 2 to Old Lakeville Road 3, reported Rob Silva, roads division manager of the Sonoma [...]
Drivers can expect delays starting Thursday and continuing into next week on Lakeville Highway between Petaluma and Highway 37. One-way traffic control will be in effect from about Old Lakeville Road 2 to Old Lakeville Road 3 to allow crews to remove two diseased eucalyptus trees and to cut dead [...]
The final leg of Caltrans' Mission Bell project is set for San Rafael to Sonoma, with 40 bells lining Highways 101, 37, 12 and 121. The state Transportation Commission recently approved $161,000 for the manufacture and installation of the bells. The state erected the first bells in 1906 [...]
Caltrans next month is to start repaving Highway 101 in Marin County, from Highway 37 to the Civic Center in San Rafael, and drivers can expect lane closures. "The pavement has deteriorated pretty badly over the past few years, and it's become even more noticeable since we repaved 101 from [...]
Caltrans is closing the southbound Highway 101 offramp to Highway 37 from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday to Tuesday to allow crews to cut down trees along 101. The work, which goes from 8 p.m. to midnight, is the beginning of Caltrans' project to widen 101 from Atherton Avenue [...]
Caltrans' plan to widen Highway 101 between Petaluma and Novato inched forward this week with the state Transportation Commission approving a few more miles of extra lanes. The biggest gain will be in Novato where a fourth northbound lane will be added from Highway 37 to north of Atherton Avenue [...]