Caltrans tonight will be shifting northbound Highway 101 lanes a bit to the west in Rohnert Park to allow crews to do paving work and such on the current lanes. The maneuver, which is suppose to happen late Friday night or early Saturday morning, is part of the project to [...]
Caltrans this week opened a new southbound carpool lane on Highway 101 in Novato and in a couple of weeks plans to open a northbound carpool lane there. Both are signs that the widening of 101 from northern Marin County to northern Petaluma is inching along, although closing the carpool [...]
Caltrans plans road work this week on Highways 29, 101 and 128, and drivers can expect some traffic delays. --Highway 29, from Highway 128 in Calistoga to two-tenths of a mile north of Silverado Trail, for grinding out bad sections of road and replacing with fresh pavement. Work hours will [...]
Caltrans this week plans road work along Highway 101 in Sonoma County: --From Rohnert Park south to Railroad Avenue in Cotati, crews will be paving northbound lanes 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday, with one lane closed. Caltrans also plans to close one lane in both directions from [...]
Here are some road projects this week in Sonoma County that may affect you: --On Monday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., county roads crews will be grinding out damaged pavement and putting down fresh asphalt on Crane Canyon Road near Grange Road. Traffic will be down to one lane. --On [...]
Caltrans this week is holding a briefing for the media about the Highway 101 widening in Rohnert Park and Cotati and the East Washington Street interchange project in Petaluma. The Road Warrior will be there, so if you have questions about those projects, send them to me by leaving a [...]
It's click it or ticket time. The CHP and more than 200 police departments statewide, including Petaluma's, are implementing a zero tolerance enforcement of drivers and passengers who don't use seat belts. The special enforcement program, which began Monday, runs through June 3. The state Office of Traffic Safety reported [...]
Here are a few thoughts from Road Warrior readers: A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION Now that the Spring is here and people are out buying plants for the yards, perhaps you could help me understand a dangerous intersection. People turning from Highway 12 to Calistoga Road and in the left left-turn lane [...]
Caltrans says the pile driving project that was to start Tuesday at Highway 101 and East Washington Street in Petaluma has been delayed until Wednesday at the earliest because of the storm forecast for Tuesday. With rain expected for the next couple of days, Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus said engineers [...]
Extra police officers will out on patrol this weekend looking for DUI drivers. It's part of Sonoma County's anti-DUI Avoid the 13 task force, and it's being conducted this weekend because Saturday is St. Patrick's Day, a time when some people celebrate a bit too much and then drive. The [...]