SMART rail work has shut Corona Road at the tracks for a couple of days. The closure, which started Tuesday, is expected to end around 6 p.m. Thursday. Then at 6 p.m. Friday, Ely Road is scheduled to be closed until about 9 p.m. Sunday. Next week, more Petaluma streets [...]
Caltrans' continuing work on remodeling Petaluma's East Washington Street interchange with Highway 101 will forced the complete closure of the freeway twice this Sunday. Each closure is scheduled to last 15 minutes, with the first starting at 6:15 a.m. and the second at 6:45 a.m., Caltrans said. The CHP will [...]
There's a train coming, and Petaluma is trying to get the word out that the related construction next month will shut several streets at rail crossings. "It'll be a bit of a mess. People will find a way (around it), they will have to, " said Petaluma Police Sgt. Ken [...]
Drivers on their cellphones and drivers illegally using carpool lanes are among the two biggest gripes of Road Warrior readers. So with CHP Commissioner Joe Farrow dropping by the Petaluma police station last week to hand out traffic safety awards to the officers there, we asked him about [...]
NOTE: This report has been updated to reflect that the closure initially planned for Wednesday was delayed until Thursday. Petaluma's main east-west street will be partially closed this week and next week because construction crews are replacing a water main. City officials said westbound East Washington Street will be blocked [...]
For Highway 101 drivers, relief is almost here. Caltrans is continuing to do finishing work on the highway between Santa Rosa Avenue and Rohnert Park Expressway, and Caltrans spokesman Adam Priest says the third lane is expected to be open by the end of this month or early September. But [...]
If you're driving in Petaluma, avoid going west on East Washington Street for the next four days. It's a mess. A project replacing a water main on East Washington has forced the daytime closure of both westbound lanes and prompted a detour for westbound traffic: North on Payran Street, then [...]
Caltrans plans the following lane closures this week for road work, such as paving on Highway 101: --Highway 101, northbound from Rohnert Park to Santa Rosa Avenue, one lane will be closed 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday. --Highway 101, north and southbound from Railroad Avenue in Cotati [...]
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 [...]
A collection of comments from Road Warrior readers: Speeding in the construction zone Driver crashes in Petaluma after high-speed chase! How much will his fine be for doing 100 mph in the double fine zone? And all the other factors involved in the chase thru the construction zone? Where is [...]