Caltrans announced Wednesday completion of two new bridges on Highway 128 between Healdsburg and Calistoga, ending a headache for drivers who used that road. The Redwood and Maacama Creek bridges, which had been under construction since summer 2010, are wider than the bridges they replaced. Total cost for both new [...]
Caltrans is replacing slabs of Highway 101 between Healdsburg and Cloverdale, so drivers may encounter some traffic slowing. Spokesman Robert Haus said the concrete repairs are being done 24/7 and will continue for three to four more weeks, although no work will be done next week because of Thanksgiving. A [...]
Here's a question from a Road Warrior reader: Do you have any idea how long the repairs on Hwy. 128 between Healdsburg and Calistoga are going to last? They’ve been working on two bridges on that stretch of road for over two years now, with stoplights holding back traffic at [...]
Sonoma County's anti-DUI campaign will continue after the state awarded a $300,000 grant for the Avoid the 13 task force. The task force, which includes all police agencies in the county and is coordinated by Petaluma police, had a three-year grant of $659,000 that ended Sept. 30. The money pays [...]
If you're out and about Sunday, watch out for the 2,000-plus competitors running and bicycling in the 21st Avia Vineman Ironman 70.3 triathlon, which used to be called the Half Vineman. Some traffic delays are likely. The bike course starts in Guerneville, goes to Healdsburg via Westside Road and Geyserville [...]
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 [...]
The number of traffic tickets issued last year by police in Cotati and Rohnert Park dropped by more than half while the number in Windsor soared, according to Sonoma County traffic court records. A total of 80,395 tickets in 2010 were filed for processing with the court, up from 77,351 [...]
Sebastopol again ranks near the top in the state for fatal/injury collisions among cities of comparable size, according to the latest figures from the state Office of Traffic Safety. For 2009, Sebastopol ranked second out of 70 cities of 2,500 to 10,000 people with 67 fatal/injury collisions. Sonora, near Yosemite, [...]
It seems that there's going to be possible traffic delays in all directions this weekend, so be warned. If you're heading south this evening into San Francisco, you'll be joined by tens of thousands of Giants fans heading to AT&T Park for hopeful the Giants second victory against the Braves. [...]
A major crackdown on DUI drivers starts today for 18 days across Sonoma County with extra officers looking for drunken drivers and four DUI/license checkpoints this weekend. It's all part of the county's Avoid the 13 DUI Task Force's "summer mobilization" campaign, which itself is part of a nationwide DUI [...]