2013 Worst Roads: It’s a tie
Honors go to Spring Hill Road in Petaluma; Sonoma Mountain Road near Santa Rosa.
Honors go to Spring Hill Road in Petaluma; Sonoma Mountain Road near Santa Rosa.
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 [...]
Here are some road projects this week where traffic delays are likely: --Arnold Drive, from London Ranch Road to the Sonoma Development Center, for paving completion, all week. --Bennett Valley Road, from Grange Road to Santa Rosa, for road striping on Thursday. --Bodega Highway, from Sexton to Jonive roads, for [...]
Several road projects will affect traffic around Sonoma County this week: --Caltrans is shutting Commerce Boulevard under Highway 101 in Rohnert Park from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday to Thursday this week and next to allow construction crews to drill and pour eight 100-foot pilings for 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 [...]
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 [...]
The Sonoma County roads department is planning the following this week, leading to possible traffic delays: --Armstrong Woods Road, from Highway 116 to Sweetwater Springs Road, chip sealing work Monday and Tuesday. --Bennett Valley Road, from Warm Springs to Sonoma Mountain roads, brush cutting Tuesday and Wednesday. --Calistoga Road, from [...]