How many of Sonoma County’s roads will be left to crumble may be decided today by the county Board of Supervisors.
The county roads department is proposing that the board add 62.8 miles of roads to the current list of 155.9 miles that the board a year ago decided to keep in good shape. The extra 62.8 miles will cost the county an estimated $4.5 million a year to keep up.
In addition, the department has developed a list of 37.9 more miles of roads that could be well maintained for an additional $1 million a year.
Now, all 1,382.8 miles of county-maintained roads get basic maintenance, with the 155.9 miles getting “pavement preservation” as well.
Various ways that the financially strapped county would pay for this have been developed, ranging from abandoning roads to increasing taxes.
For more details on the proposals, you can read a story by Press Democrat staffer Guy Kovner by
The following lists are what roads the county is looking at preserving in good shape. Interestingly, none of the roads that Road Warrior readers deemed the worst in the county are on the keep-well-maintained lists. To read the story on the worst roads,
Scenario A lists the 155.9 miles that the county already plans to keep up. Scenario B is the list of the 62.8 miles of roads that the county roads department is recommending be added, and Scenario C covers the 37.9 miles that the department says could be added for an extra $1 million.
Scenario A
Road Name | Location | Road ID | Length |
Adobe Rd | Old Redwood Hwy N to Hwy 116 | 5602 | 9.57 |
Airport Blvd | Sonoma County Airport to Old Redwood Hwy | 8803A | 1.99 |
Alexander Valley Rd | Healdsburg Ave to Hwy 128 | 9902 | 3.36 |
Arnold Dr | Hwy 116 to Hwy 12 | 5603 | 9.25 |
Bennett Valley Rd | Santa Rosa City Limit to Grange Rd | 6604 | 2.00 |
Bodega Ave | Tomales Rd to Petaluma City Limit | 5706A | 7.34 |
Bodega Hwy | Hwy 1 to Sebastopol City Limit | 6904 | 9.26 |
Calistoga Rd | Santa Rosa City Limit to Porter Creek Rd | 7703 | 5.68 |
Crane Canyon Rd | Petaluma Hill Rd to Grange Rd | 6702A | 1.77 |
Dry Creek Rd | Healdsburg City Limit to Dry Creek | 9901 | 10.12 |
East Cotati Ave | Rohnert Park City Limit to Petaluma Hill Rd | 6701 | 0.51 |
East Washington St | Petaluma City Limit to Adobe Rd | 5707 | 0.23 |
Frates Rd | Petaluma City Limit to Adobe Rd | 5701 | 0.63 |
Fulton Rd | Santa Rosa City Limit to just before Quail Hollow Dr | 7804B | 0.04 |
Fulton Rd | Santa Rosa City Limit to Old Redwood Hwy | 7804B | 2.36 |
Grange Rd | Crane Canyon Rd to Bennett Valley Rd | 6702B | 1.87 |
Guerneville Rd | Hwy 116 to Santa Rosa City Limit | 7807 | 5.10 |
Guerneville Rd | Just past Ridley Ave to Lance Dr | 7807 | 0.25 |
Healdsburg Ave | Healdsburg City Limit to Alexander Valley Rd | 9904B | 0.19 |
Lakeville Rd | Hwy 37 to Hwy 116 | 3601 | 6.95 |
Leveroni Rd | Arnold Dr to Sonoma City Limit | 5503A | 1.44 |
Main St | Old Redwood Hwy N to Adobe Rd | 5710A | 0.32 |
Mark West Springs Rd | Hwy 101 to Leslie Rd | 8801A | 5.54 |
Mirabel Rd | Hwy 116 to River Rd | 7906 | 1.38 |
Napa Rd | Sonoma City Limit to Hwy 121 | 5503B | 3.80 |
Occidental Rd | Mill Station Rd to Santa Rosa City Limit | 7803 | 5.92 |
Old Redwood Hwy | Santa Rosa City Limit to Windsor City Limit | 7812 | 3.83 |
Old Redwood Hwy | Windsor City Limit to Healdsburg City Limit | 7812 | 2.32 |
Old Redwood Hwy N | Petaluma City Limit to Cotati City Limit | 5712B | 3.30 |
Petaluma Ave | Arnold Dr to Sonoma City Limit | 56018 | 0.62 |
Petaluma Blvd N | Petaluma City Limit to Petaluma City Limit | 5712A | 1.13 |
Petaluma Blvd S | Hwy 101 to Petaluma City Limit | 4702 | 0.25 |
Petaluma Blvd S | Petaluma City Limit to Petaluma City Limit | 4702 | 0.03 |
Petaluma Hill Rd | Adobe Rd to Santa Rosa City Limit | 5710B | 8.35 |
Petrified Forest Rd | Porter Creek Rd to Sonoma/Napa County Limit | 8801C | 2.36 |
Porter Creek Rd | Leslie Rd to Calistoga Rd | 8801B | 4.65 |
River Rd | Hwy 116 to Hwy 101 | 8802B | 15.40 |
Riverside Dr | Petaluma Ave to Sonoma City Limit | 56015 | 0.12 |
Rohnert Park Expy | Stony Point Rd to Rohnert Park City Limit | 6703 | 0.61 |
Santa Rosa Ave | Roberts Lake Rd to Santa Rosa City Limit | 7802 | 2.08 |
Sebastopol Rd | Just past Stony Point Rd to just before Dutton Ave | 7813 | 0.69 |
Snyder Ln | Rohnert Park City Limit to Petaluma Hill Rd | 68025 | 0.69 |
Stony Point Rd | Petaluma City Limit to Hwy 116 | 5709 | 0.23 |
Stony Point Rd | Petaluma City Limit to Hwy 116 | 5709 | 5.44 |
Stony Point Rd | Hwy 116 to Santa Rosa City Limit | 6803 | 4.69 |
Todd Rd | Stony Point Rd to Hwy 101 | 6807A | 1.33 |
Verano Ave | Arnold Dr to Hwy 12 | 56017 | 0.93 |
Total Miles: | 155.9 |
Scenario B
Scenario A roads, plus the following:
RoadName | Location | Road ID | Length |
Agua Caliente Rd | Arnold Dr to Hwy 12 | 6601 | 0.84 |
Armstrong Woods Rd | Hwy 116 to Sweetwater Springs Rd | 8902B | 1.85 |
Arnold Dr | Hwy 116 EB Offramp: Hwy 116 to Arnold Drive | 5604 | 0.21 |
Bennett Valley Rd | Grange Rd to Warm Springs Rd | 6604 | 5.43 |
Bloomfield Rd | Pleasant Hill Rd to Hwy 116 | 5901 | 1.81 |
Boyes Blvd | Arnold Dr to Hwy 12 | 56106 | 0.93 |
Brush Creek Rd | Lyric Ln to just before McKeon Way | 7705 | 0.20 |
Corby Ave | Hearn Ave to Santa Rosa City Limit | 78003 | 0.34 |
Corona Rd | Petaluma City Limit to just past Ormsby Ln | 5708 | 0.81 |
D St | Marin County Line to Petaluma City Limit | 4701 | 3.03 |
Dutton Ave | West Robles to Santa Rosa City Limit | 78006A | 0.16 |
Dutton Ave | Hearn Ave to Santa Rosa City Limit | 78006B | 0.68 |
East Napa St | Sonoma City Limit to Eighth St East | 5506 | 0.41 |
Ely Rd | Old Redwood Hwy N to Corona Rd | 5704 | 1.16 |
Fifth Street West | Leveroni Rd to Sonoma City Limits | 56005 | 0.29 |
Geyserville Ave | Banti Ln to Hwy 128 | 0902A | 0.97 |
Graton Rd | Bohemian Hwy to Hwy 116 | 7901 | 6.10 |
Green Valley Rd | Ross Rd to Hwy 116 | 79040 | 0.30 |
High School Rd | Sebastopol City Limits to Occidental Rd | 79002 | 1.29 |
Llano Rd | Hwy 116 to Todd Rd | 6805 | 1.96 |
Llano Rd | Todd Rd to Hwy 12 | 6805 | 2.27 |
Ludwig Ave | Llano Rd to Santa Rosa City Limit | 78013 | 0.94 |
Ludwig Ave | Santa Rosa City Limit to Santa Rosa City Limit | 78013 | 0.48 |
Madrone Rd | Arnold Dr to Hwy 12 | 6605 | 0.91 |
Mecham Rd | Pepper Rd to Stony Point Rd | 5802 | 1.91 |
Mill Station Rd | Ragle Rd to Sebastopol City Limit | 79007 | 0.25 |
Moorland Ave | Todd Rd to Bellvue Ave | 68085 | 1.02 |
Mountain View Ave | Santa Rosa Ave to Hwy 101 | 68076 | 1.50 |
Olivet Rd | Guerneville Rd to River Rd | 7902 | 2.25 |
Pepper Rd | Mecham Rd to Bodega Ave | 5801 | 2.59 |
Railroad Ave | Verano Ave to Boyes Blvd | 56047 | 0.76 |
Roberts Lake Rd | Rohnert Park City Limits to Santa Rosa Ave | 68096 | 0.17 |
Skillman Ln | Bodega Ave to Petaluma Hill Blvd. North | 57029 | 2.55 |
Standish Ave | Todd Rd to Santa Rosa City Limit | 68152 | 0.49 |
Todd Rd | Phillips Ave to Stony Point Rd | 6807A | 0.38 |
Tomales Rd | Marin County Line to Bodega Ave | 5803 | 1.69 |
Valley Ford Rd | Hwy 1 to Tomales Rd | 5706B | 8.20 |
Verano Ave | Hwy 12 to Sonoma City Limit | 56017 | 0.35 |
Vine Hill Rd | Hwy 116 to Guerneville Rd | 7904A | 0.58 |
Warm Springs Rd | Arnold Dr to Bennett Valley Rd | 6602 | 2.40 |
Watmaugh Rd | Bear Flag Rd. to Hwy 12/Broadway | 5504 | 1.78 |
West Ave | Hearn Ave to Santa Rosa City Limit | 78061 | 0.54 |
West Ave | Santa Rosa City Limit to Sebastopol Rd | 78061 | 0.02 |
Total Miles: | 62.8 |
Scenario C
Scenario A and B roads, plus the following:
Road Name | Location | RoadID | Length |
Bohemian Hwy | Main St to Bohemian Hwy split just before Hwy 116 | 6002A | 0.15 |
Bohemian Hwy | Bodega Hwy to Main St split | 6002D | 8.81 |
Crocker Rd | Cloverdale City Limit to River Rd | 1001A | 0.69 |
Eastside Rd | Trenton Healdsburg Rd to Old Redwood Hwy | 7905A | 5.16 |
Eighth St East | Hwy 12/121 to E Napa St | 5502 | 3.06 |
Fifth Street East | Napa Rd to Sonoma City Limit | 5505 | 0.09 |
Hall Rd | Santa Rosa City Limits to Willowside Dr | 78130 | 1.71 |
Piner Rd | Fulton Rd to Olivet Rd. | 7811 | 2.52 |
Pleasant Hill Rd | Lynch Rd to Sebastopol City Limit | 69025 | 0.57 |
Ragle Rd | Sebastopol City limit to Mill Station Rd | 69039 | 0.41 |
Todd Rd | Old Gravenstein Hwy to half mile up road | 6807A | 0.57 |
West Sierra Ave | Stony Point Rd to Hwy 101 | 6801 | 1.35 |
Westside Rd | River Rd to healdsburg City Limit | 8001 | 12.36 |
Willowside Rd | Hall Rd to half mile up (halfway to Guerneville Rd) | 79038 | 0.49 |
Total Miles: | 37.9 |
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