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Asti summer crossing is open

Rob Silva, Sonoma County road department operations manager, reports that the Asti Summer Crossing is now open. Final grading, compacting and installing of the “No Parking” and “No Driving on the Gravel Bar” signs was completed earlier this morning. He includes a picture from the site.

By | July 3rd, 2013|0 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

Porter Creek delays, and other county road reports

If you plan to cross the Mayacamas this week, plan your route carefully, suggests reader Brian Maloney. A bridge replacement project on Porter Creek road is creating quite a snarl. Another project destined to irritate commuters is ramping up on Arnold Drive and Aqua Caliente, but is still in the [...]

By | June 18th, 2013|3 Comments

Russian River bridge back in business

Just in time for the big Memorial Day weekend, the Odd Fellow Summer Crossing at Korbel was opened Thursday afternoon, allowing motorists to cross the Russian River just east of Guerneville. The alert comes from Rob Silva, Sonoma County's road department operations manager.  

By | May 23rd, 2013|1 Comment

Updated: Construction hot spots in Sonoma County

Updated to include details about the sewer replacement work at Montgomery Drive and Farmers Lane in Santa Rosa.  Life slows down in Sonoma County after the weekend excitement of the bicycle race and Rose Parade in Santa Rosa, and American Graffiti cruise in Petaluma. Similarly, road projects continue with little [...]

By | May 20th, 2013|0 Comments

This week’s road closures and cone zones

Caltrans projects along Highway 101 lead the news this week, with delays and lane closures on Airport Boulevard in Santa Rosa and from Petaluma south to the Marin County line. The following information comes from CalTrans spokesmen Adam Priest and Phil Frisbie Jr., and Sonoma County Road Department Operations Manager [...]

By | April 15th, 2013|0 Comments

Petaluma highway work begins and other cone zones

Here’s the latest information about road construction projects and lane closures throughout Sonoma County during the week of April 8-12, with Highway 101 closures in Petaluma, Santa Rosa's "extra attention" intersection and a roundup of CalTrans projects throughout the North Coast. Petaluma The biggest news this week is [...]

By | April 7th, 2013|3 Comments

This week’s cone zones

Here's the latest information about road construction projects and lane closures throughout Sonoma County during the week of April 1-5, courtesy of Rob Silva, roads division manager for Sonoma County Department of Transportation and Public Works. It's followed by a roundup of CalTrans projects throughout the North Coast: SONOMA COUNTY [...]

By | April 1st, 2013|0 Comments

Big changes at the Road Warrior

We're changing drivers at the Road Warrior blog. After nearly three years of writing the column -- and 29 years at The Press Democrat -- I'm retiring on Monday and Linda Castrone, editor of The Press Democrat's Towns section, will take over Tuesday. She'll do an excellent job. The column [...]

By | March 3rd, 2013|28 Comments

Last storm-closed roads open

The last two roads in Sonoma County closed by the aftermath of last weekend's storms reopened Tuesday, the county roads department says. Wohler Road had been flooded at River Road, and Trenton Road was flooded between Laguna and River roads. During the height of the storms, at least 25 roads [...]

By | December 4th, 2012|0 Comments