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 [...]
When two trucks collided during the morning commute a couple of weeks on Highway 101 in Cotati, northbound lanes were closed for hours, leaving many commuters fuming. Some Road Warrior readers wondered if the CHP and Caltrans could have done more to alleviate the massive congestion that the closure caused. [...]
Caltrans is shutting Commerce Boulevard under Highway 101 in Rohnert Park from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night this week through Friday night to allow construction crews to drill and pour eight, 100-foot piles for a new highway overpass. The work is part of project to widen 101 to [...]
Caltrans announced Wednesday afternoon that it is closing Commerce Boulevard under Highway 101 in Rohnert Park for overnight Wednesday and Thursday. The road will be blocked off from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Caltrans' announcement didn't say why, but a good guess is that construction crews are working on some [...]
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 [...]
Driving through the Highway 101 construction zone just got easier in Rohnert Park. Caltrans, after concerns from the CHP and complaints from Road Warrior readers, again has realigned southbound 101 between Wilfred Avenue and Rohnert Park Expressway. Before, Caltrans had both southbound lanes making a severe jog to the right, [...]
Caltrans reaches a milestone Friday night on Highway 101 when northbound traffic will be routed over the new Wilfred Avenue-Commerce Boulevard overpass in Rohnert Park. The CHP says the switchover will start around 11 p.m. as construction crews close lanes and on and offramps intermittently to reconfigure the northbound lanes. [...]
Here's an early warning: Caltrans plans to close Commerce Boulevard under Highway 101 in Rohnert Park for 12 days starting about Aug. 1. Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus said that during the closure construction crews will tear down 101's current north and southbound overpass in order to begin building a new [...]
Caltrans has updated its timeline for changes in the Rohnert Park-to-Cotati-to-Petaluma construction zone of Highway 101. For widening 101 from Pepper Road south to Petaluma Boulevard North, K-rails have been going up along the road but Caltrans spokesman Bob Haus said construction will really begin around mid-July. The new Wilfred [...]
The state Transportation Commission last week approved several road projects for Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, with the biggest chunk being $45 million to replace the Highway 101 bridges over the Petaluma River with wider spans to allow car-pool lanes. Click here to read about that. Among the other projects [...]