More about how to avoid traffic tickets You wrote earlier that vehicles must actually leave the block after two hours to avoid tickets in two-hour free parking zones. I would be curious to see a followup on how parking people enforce that – it would seem to require either a [...]
Potholes are disappearing by the tens of thousands around Sonoma County, and we owe it to the easy winter. That statement may sound strange, but the little rain so far this winter has allowed county roads crews to catch up on pothole repairs. In fact, in the last six months [...]
Roads maintained by Sonoma County no longer are the worst in the Bay Area -- they're second worse. In its annual pothole report, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission reported today that the county roads last year had a pavement condition index of 45, which is rated as poor. But [...]
Hit a pothole and damaged your car? You can file a claim with the county, but chances are you'll still wind up paying for the repairs. Sonoma County spokesman Jim Leddy said the county "very rarely" pays to fix someone's car after it's been damaged in an encounter [...]
In a seemingly never ending battle against potholes, Caltrans tonight will have Highway 101 down to one lane at times at various locations as crews repair the road. The work is scheduled to begin at 10 p.m. and last until 5 a.m. Friday from Rohnert Park Expressway south to Pepper [...]
Caltrans tonight is closing one lane of Highway 101 at varying locations in the Rohnert Park-Cotati construction zone as crews battle persistent pothole problems. Tonight's closures start at 9 o'clock and are expected to be completed by 5 a.m. Thursday. Caltrans said crews will make repairs at various spots in [...]
Continuing pothole problems in the Highway 101 construction zone in Rohnert Park is forcing Caltrans to close southbound 101 Tuesday night and detour traffic during repairs. The CHP said that starting at 9 p.m. Tuesday the right southbound lane will be closed at Wilfred Avenue along with the southbound Wilfred [...]
Caltrans today shut stretches of southbound Highway 101 in the Rohnert Park-Cotati construction area for emergency repairs because of potholes, and some Road Warrior readers reported at mid-afternoon that the traffic backup stretched for quite a ways from Rohnert Park toward Santa Rosa. Caltrans first announced it was closing the [...]
Would you vote to raise your vehicle fees if some of the money went to fixing potholes? The Sonoma County Transportation Authority is hoping so, although apparently reluctantly so. The authority's board of directors tentatively voted 11-1 Monday to put on the November ballot a measure to raise the vehicle [...]