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The changing transportation landscape: Waterways

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced last week that it received funding to start planning for two dredging projects at Sonoma County's two commercial ports at Bodega Bay and the Petaluma River.

By | March 18th, 2014|0 Comments

A tour of the new Petaluma River bridge

Take a peek at what's going on beneath Highway 101.

By | December 11th, 2013|5 Comments

SMART funds next phase of construction

$68.7 million contract includes a new maintenance facility in Santa Rosa and Petaluma River bridge.

By | November 21st, 2013|4 Comments

Petaluma 101 work resumes and other Sonoma County road projects

Caltrans will resume work Wednesday on the highway bridges over the Petaluma River after a request to halt the project was denied by a federal judge. Environmental groups sued in May, saying that netting designed to keep migratory cliff swallows away from the $130 million bridge project entangled and killed [...]

By | July 2nd, 2013|2 Comments

Mailbag: Dirt, concrete pile along 101; free air/water at gas stations; 116 hazard

Questions from our readers: What's up with the dirt/concrete pile along 101? What is all the construction going on east of Highway 101 just south of Petaluma?  It's been a curiosity for a couple of weeks now, and has gotten to the point where it's now causing traffic delays in [...]

By | March 1st, 2013|10 Comments

New local road projects OK’d

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 [...]

By | June 28th, 2011|2 Comments

Weekend BUI crackdown on local lakes

North Coast sheriff's deputies are stepping up enforcement against drunken boaters this weekend. Instead of a DUI, it's called a BUI (boating under the influence) and it can land you in just as much trouble. "We want people to have a great time on the water, but we want them [...]

By | June 24th, 2011|5 Comments