Coleman Valley Road graffiti
Santa Rosa isn't the only city with leftover race graffiti.
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 [...]
Update on Highway 101/Airport Blvd. construction
Those of you who work in the Airport Blvd. business cluster already know about road closures and detours, but what about Jake, a reader who makes an occasional trip to the Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport? "Yesterday, I went to the Charles Schulz Airport via 101 from Santa [...]
Will Plan Bay Area projects actually happen?
On Tuesday, we ran a LIST of Sonoma and Napa County road projects that have been included in the new Plan Bay Area, and the questions rolled in. What does it mean to be on the list? Are theses projects done deals? What kind of work will be done? The plan, [...]
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 [...]
Road closures on Petaluma, Sonoma, county roads
A few isolated road closures will join the list of ongoing road projects throughout Sonoma County, including a two-night closure at the Lakeville Highway/101 intersection in Petaluma, a Sunday morning closure in Sonoma and along the Carneros Highway to Napa, a few chip seal projects and extra police attention on [...]
Mailbag: Forestville roundabout and the 1-lane Laughlin Bridge
Question: Does Forestville REALLY need an expensive roundabout at Hwy. 116 and Mirabel Road? Maybe we should use the money for schools or pothole repair instead and wait for the signal/roundabout decision until the Highway 116 bypass is in the works. -- Jim S. Answer: It ain't gonna happen. This is [...]
Your 101/Airport Blvd. questions answered
Work started last night on the new interchange at Airport Blvd. and Highway 101, and readers have sent a lot of questions. Answers are coming in a few at a time. Here's what we learned today from Rob Sprinkle, Santa Rosa traffic engineer, and Tom O'Kane, deputy director of Sonoma [...]
A happy ending at Airport Blvd.
Whose responsibility is it to maintain the landscaping around highway parcels? Sometimes it's hard to tell. Steve Mosher wrote in to ask about a lot near the Airport Boulevard freeway exchange that was so full of weeds he could barely walk past them on the sidewalk. He said last year [...]