Caltrans has announced temporary new closures tonight and Friday as part of the continuing Airport Blvd. interchange construction north of Santa Rosa. They are necessary while the contractor re-stripes northbound and southbound Highway 101 to make room in the median for future construction. Lanes will be shifted, and speed limit [...]
A Los Angeles assemblyman has introduced legislation that would prohibit local governments from ticketing motorists who park at broken parking meters, but if passed, it will have little effect in Santa Rosa. Under AB 61, motorists would be permitted to occupy the spaces for the maximum time allowed by the [...]
Catherine de la Cruz wrote to ask about putting a Deer Crossing sign on Summerfield Road near Hoen. "A small herd of deer -- at least two bucks, three does, one with twin fawns old enough to follow her -- live in the CalTrans ROW and regularly cross Summerfield," she [...]
Here's what you need to know about the Airport Boulevard interchange construction at Highway 101 that begins tonight: Crews will begin construction at 7 p.m. June 3, working 7 p.m.-6 a.m. Monday through Saturday for several weeks. The first phase involves building new on- and off-ramps at the Airport Boulevard [...]
After nearly a decade of planning, construction begins Monday, June 3, on the expanded and redesigned freeway interchange at Airport Boulevard, north of Santa Rosa. Expect construction detours to begin Monday, as the northbound loop off-ramp at Airport Boulevard is permanently closed. Traffic will be detoured to the Fulton Road [...]
No commuter ever enjoys stopping for red lights, but sitting through several light cycles or being stopped for no apparent reason can really get the blood boiling. Two readers asked about locations that bring lots of mail: Santa Rosa Avenue at Hearn Avenue, and Fountaingrove Parkway. Santa Rosa Traffic Engineer [...]
Updated to include details about the sewer replacement work at Montgomery Drive and Farmers Lane in Santa Rosa. Life slows down in Sonoma County after the weekend excitement of the bicycle race and Rose Parade in Santa Rosa, and American Graffiti cruise in Petaluma. Similarly, road projects continue with little [...]
Petaluma continues to dominate the Sonoma County road construction activity, with SMART and Caltrans work in addition to ongoing city projects. In Santa Rosa, work begins to replace antiquated sewer and water lines around Montgomery Village, a project that will continue through November. A complete list of Caltrans projects throughout [...]
As Kaiser Permanente's Santa Rosa campus grows, so do the traffic woes. It's difficult for patients to get into and out of the campus without delay. We're still waiting for a response from Kaiser Permanente representatives to this question from Road Warrior reader Judson, but city traffic engineers say they [...]
With road work going on around the North Coast, two Road Warrior readers would like to know when it will make their lives easier. Hearn Avenue overpass As I read the Press Democrat story on the widening of the “narrows” section on Highway 101, it would be good to find out [...]