The Mendocino County leg of a Caltrans repaving project is under way. Work began Monday on a nearly 10.5-mile stretch of Highway 175 from Highway 101 in Hopland to just past the Lake County line, and it'll cause traffic delays of up to 15 minutes for drivers. The work will [...]
The North Coast's highways are a bit cleaner these days, especially Highway 53 in Lake County. The highway is only about 7.5 miles long, from Lower Lake to Clearlake Oaks. But Caltrans considers it the dirtiest highway in Lake and Mendocino counties. So last Thursday, which was designated [...]
Traffic crashes rose last year, but fatalities dropped as did tickets and DUI arrests by the Sonoma County CHP, according to the latest statistics. A total of 2,485 crashes were investigated by the local CHP, which covers Sonoma County except for part of the Sonoma Valley. That's up from 2,405 [...]
A two-and-a-half-year, $20.5 million project to replace an ailing bridge on Highway 1 in Mendocino County is under way, and drivers can expect some traffic delays. Caltrans spokesman Phil Frisbie Jr. said in a statement that the 56-year-old Greenwood Creek Bridge near Elk "is nearing the end of [...]
Caltrans announced it's planning road work, weather permitting, that likely will cause some traffic delays in Lake and Mendocino counties: LAKE COUNTY --Highway 20, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, routine maintenance near Sulfur Bank Drive. One-way traffic control and possible 10-minute traffic delays. --Highway 20, 8 a.m. to 3 [...]
The state Transportation Commission this month several million dollars for two storm repair projects on Mendocino County highways. On Highway 1 near Elk, $1.65 million will be spent to realign the road and fix damage from storms in the 2005-2006 winter. The road will be shifted to the east because [...]
A landslide has proven that it is mightier than Caltrans. Caltrans this spring thought it had fixed the troublesome landslide on Highway 101 in Mendocino County about five miles north of the Sonoma County line near the area known as Squaw Rock. But crews this week have returned after the [...]
The state Transportation Commission last week approved several road projects for Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, with the biggest chunk being $45 million to replace the Highway 101 bridges over the Petaluma River with wider spans to allow car-pool lanes. Click here to read about that. Among the other projects [...]
After more than four years of planning and preparation at a cost of about $2.8 million, Caltrans is ready to break ground to build a roundabout on Highway 1 just south of Fort Bragg. Construction was estimated at $1.6 million, for a total cost of $4.4 million, but last week [...]
Caltrans is warning of 20-minute delays next week as crews begin to install rumble strips on Highway 20 in Mendocino and Lake counties. The work will be 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and will require intermittent, one-way traffic control. The project goes from the eastern Cold Creek [...]