Happy ending on Mendocino Avenue
The squiggles spotted around downtown Santa Rosa have been scrubbed.
Expect Fulton Road delays through Friday
Construction crews will be repaving Fulton Road from the Santa Rosa city limits north to Highway 101 for the rest of the week, causing traffic delays. Ghilotti crews will work between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 7-9.
Mailbag: Washington Ave. on ramp, Fulton Road bumps, status reports on 2 bad roads
Updated 8/6 to include Santa Rosa's plans for Fulton Road repaving During the height of roadwork season, readers want to know when their pet project will be finished (funded, considered). Here's an update on four Sonoma County roads. ETA for Petaluma on ramp Question: The Northbound onramp at Washington Street [...]
Roads Report: Sonoma County projects, slurry sealing in Oakmont and a dangerous intersection
The intersection project at Mendocino Avenue and Bicentennial Way continues to cause daytime delays, as does work on the Porter Creek Road bridge. Last week Bean Avenue in Bodega Bay was paved as part of one-time County funding for road sections leading to parks – in this case [...]
101/Airport lane closures tonight only
Two lanes of northbound and southbound Highway 101 will be closed north of Santa Rosa as crews work on the new Airport Boulevard interchange Thursday evening and early Friday morning, said Caltrans spokesman Allyn Amask. The northbound lanes will be closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., the southbound lanes [...]
Weigh in: Socio-economics of street maintenance
The current slurry seal projects in progress on Fountaingrove and Oakmont streets got under the skin of Press Democrat columnist Chris Coursey. Here's how he describes them in this morning's column. Let them eat cake. Out of potholes. That's the unfortunate message being sent by Santa Rosa's street maintenance program, [...]
Roads Report: Updates on Calistoga Road, Wallace Road, and this week’s Santa Rosa, Sonoma County jobs
Road work draws to a close on two mountain roads, which sealing work continues on county roads and along Fountaingrove Parkway in Santa Rosa. Plus updates on the ongoing projects throughout Sonoma County. Sean Scully reports that Calistoga Road is about 75 percent paved and should be finished this week, [...]
Calistoga Road construction shifts to night work
Contractors expect to finish the road repairs on Calistoga Road by 5 p.m. today, with paving crews shifting to night work on Thursday. They will work 7 p.m.-6 a.m., during which time traffic will be limited to one lane only. Delays of up to 20 minutes are expected during those [...]
Mailbag: Speeding to the casino, training kids to use the crosswalk and an easy adjustment
This week's letters came from readers worried about a casino bus hurrying to deliver its passengers, a group of kids rushing to the park and a traffic light malfunction. The first two got where they were going but cut some corners in the process. The traffic signal needed an adjustment. [...]
Temporary pain at Bicentennial/Mendocino
We've written about the bottleneck at the intersection of Bicentennial Way and Mendocino Avenue, with Kaiser Permanente-bound drivers feeding into six lanes of north-south city traffic. Sometimes it's a signal malfunction. These days it's also construction aimed at easing the pain. Keep reading for a question and a project update. [...]