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Highway 101 lane closures start Thursday

Thursday, at 10:00 by

Caltrans says it’ll close a southbound lane of Highway 101 between Healdsburg and Windsor for several upcoming nights to allow emergency repairs to concrete sections of the road. The closures start Thursday night and will affect the right southbound lane from Old Redwood Highway in Healdsburg to the downtown Windsor offramp. This project has been scheduled twice in the past month and canceled within hours both times. Caltrans hasn’t explained why and hasn’t responded to our inquiries asking why. The… Read More »

Highway 101 lane closure postponed

Thursday, at 5:07 by

Caltrans has postponed its plan to close a southbound lane of Highway 101 between Healdsburg and Windsor for several nights to allow emergency repairs to concrete sections of the road. The closures were to have started Thursday night and would have affected the right southbound lane from Old Redwood Highway in Healdsburg to the downtown Windsor offramp. Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus said in a statement Thursday afternoon it wasn’t known yet when the work would proceed. ————– Follow the Road… Read More »

Santa Rosa gas prices fall a bit

Tuesday, at 2:10 by

There’s hope: Gas prices are slowly inching down in Santa Rosa and across the state, AAA reports. The average price for regular on Monday was $4.23 a gallon, down about a penny from the day before, down 5 cents from a week ago and down 10 cents from a month ago. But a year ago, gas was $4.154. Still, prices range widely in Santa Rosa, with $3.98 apparently the lowest. That’s at the 76 station at Old Redwood Highway and… Read More »

Gas for less than $4 a gallon

Saturday, at 5:20 by

I had to stop and look twice. Yep, gas for less than $4 a gallon in Santa Rosa. The Union 76 station at Mark West Springs Road and Old Redwood Highway in Larkfield, just north of Santa Rosa, is selling regular for $3.98 for cash, as of Saturday afternoon. That compares to, according to gasbuddy.com, $4.15 a gallon at Costco and various Arco stations in Santa Rosa, which typically have the lowest prices. The average price Saturday for Santa Rosa… Read More »

Mailbag: Do bicyclists have to stay in bikes lanes? Can you use disabled placards/license plates out of state?

Friday, at 6:41 by

Here’s a question from a reader: Over a week ago I saw a group of about 20 cyclist heading north on Old Redwood in Windsor. This was a two-lane stretch near Hembree Lane with a clearly marked bicycle lane. About half of the cyclist rode in the designated bike lane, but the other half rode in the right hand lane, forcing traffic to use the left lane to pass. Is it legal for cyclists to ride in the right lane… Read More »

Tree/brush pruning to shut 2 Hwy. 101 ramps

Tuesday, at 10:37 by

Caltrans this week plans to spruce up a couple of ramps on Highway 101, but that means those ramps will be closed for several hours. On Wednesday and Thursday, Caltrans will close the northbound onramp from Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Then on Friday, the southbound offramp to downtown Windsor will be shut 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. At both places, Caltrans says, crews will be out trimming tree branches and removing overgrown brush. ———————–… Read More »

Adobe Road work this week

Monday, at 10:01 by

The paving is done, but crews still will be on Adobe Road this week and perhaps next doing the finishing touches in the multi-week project. As a result, some traffic delays are possible because of one-way traffic controls. Adobe will be affected from Old Redwood Highway in Penngrove to Corona Road near Petaluma. Follow the Road Warrior on Twitter via @PDRoadWarrior

Green bike lanes in Windsor

Wednesday, at 7:20 by

Some bike lanes in Windsor have gone green — literally. Over the summer, the town painted bike lanes on both sides of Old Redwood Highway for a block or so on either side of Highway 101. Alejandro Perez, the town’s associate civil engineer, said the lanes were painted to for safety, emphasizing the separation of the bike lanes from traffic lanes and letting drivers and bicyclists clearly know where the bike lanes are. He said the stretch of Old Red… Read More »

Avoid Adobe Road this week

Monday, at 10:22 by

Road work continues this week on Adobe Road from Old Redwood Highway in Penngrove to Corona Road near Petaluma, so avoid it if you can. Today through Wednesday, the Sonoma County Transportation and Public Works Department says, crews will be grinding down the pavement and doing other prep work for repaving that is scheduled to start Thursday. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. The department expects Adobe Road will be closed at times during the work; otherwise, it’ll… Read More »

Adobe Road closure, delays coming up

Sunday, at 9:44 by

Sonoma County is planning road work this week that will close Adobe Road at one stretch and cause traffic delays at another. From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, construction crews will be repaving Adobe Road from Old Redwood Highway to Corona Road, and the road is expected to be closed to all traffic except for local residents. From 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. tonight through Wednesday, crews will be repaving and doing traffic signal work at the… Read More »