Sonoma County’s test of dirt roads is heading into what may be its final stage. Next week, the county roads department plans to “armor coat” three sections of Sonoma Mountain Road that two summers ago it ground up, pulverized, injected a hardening enzyme into and compacted, leaving a [...]
Sonoma County's test of turning paved roads into dirt is earning an A and a F for durability. Last summer, the county Transportation and Public Works Department took three pothole-patched stretches of Sonoma Mountain Road and after grinding, pulverizing, injecting a hardening enzyme and compacting, crews left a [...]
If you drive Mark West Springs Road/Porter Creek Road between Santa Rosa and Napa, things just got surprisingly smoother for you. The Sonoma County roads department recently paved a segment of Porter Creek Road west of Calistoga Road that had to be one of the bumpiest, pothole-patched stretches in the [...]
Martin Stein came home from a two-week vacation to find Sonoma Mountain Road in front of his house had been turned into dirt, and he doesn’t like it. A 600-foot stretch of the one-time asphalt road and about 10 inches of the dirt below had been pulverized, injected [...]