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Highway 101 lane closure canceled — again

For the second time in a week, Caltrans has announced a repair project for Highway 101 between Healdsburg and Windsor and then within a few hours canceled it. On Thursday morning, Caltrans said it would close the right southbound lane for several upcoming nights to allow emergency repairs to concrete [...]

By | April 26th, 2012|2 Comments

Highway 101 lane closure postponed

Caltrans has postponed its plan to close a southbound lane of Highway 101 between Healdsburg and Windsor for several nights to allow emergency repairs to concrete sections of the road. The closures were to have started Thursday night and would have affected the right southbound lane from Old Redwood Highway [...]

By | April 19th, 2012|3 Comments

Highway 101 lane closures this week

Caltrans says it'll close a southbound lane of Highway 101 between Healdsburg and Windsor for several upcoming nights to allow emergency repairs to concrete sections of the road. The closures start Thursday night and will affect the right southbound lane from Old Redwood Highway in Healdsburg to the downtown Windsor [...]

By | April 18th, 2012|2 Comments

Big changes for Windsor intersection

One of the busier intersections in Windsor is about to get easier for drivers to navigate. On April 16, work is to begin on a $3.84 million project to realign the intersection of Conde Lane and Shiloh Road and to widen part of Shiloh, with completion set for by late [...]

By | April 5th, 2012|2 Comments

Mailbag: Do bicyclists have to stay in bikes lanes? Can you use disabled placards/license plates out of state?

Here's a question from a reader: Over a week ago I saw a group of about 20 cyclist heading north on Old Redwood in Windsor. This was a two-lane stretch near Hembree Lane with a clearly marked bicycle lane. About half of the cyclist rode in the designated bike lane, [...]

By | March 23rd, 2012|15 Comments

2 Highway 101 ramps to be closed

Drivers in the Windsor area will have to take detours a bit this week as Caltrans work will shut two key ramps along Highway 101. On Tuesday, theĀ  eastbound Airport Boulevard onramp to northbound 101 will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. to allow crews to trim trees [...]

By | February 20th, 2012|1 Comment

Tree/brush pruning to shut 2 Hwy. 101 ramps

Caltrans this week plans to spruce up a couple of ramps on Highway 101, but that means those ramps will be closed for several hours. On Wednesday and Thursday, Caltrans will close the northbound onramp from Healdsburg Avenue in Healdsburg from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Then on Friday, the [...]

By | February 14th, 2012|2 Comments

Mailbag: Why carpool lane hours differ in Sonoma County vs. Marin County

We've had some questions from readers wondering about the hours of carpool lanes in Sonoma County and such, so we pitched them to Caltrans spokesman Robert Haus to answer: Why are the HOV lanes on 101 in Marin County just one direction in the morning and evening but both directions [...]

By | February 1st, 2012|1 Comment

Carpooling: Not many do it in Sonoma County

                    With more carpool lanes being built along Highway 101 in Sonoma County, we've been wondering how many people carpool and use the lanes. Here are some facts and figures we've come across: Carpooling remains at historic lows The [...]

By | January 31st, 2012|0 Comments

Mailbag: Trash along Hwy. 101 and Petaluma sound walls

Here are a couple of questions from readers regarding Highway 101. First: I'm concerned with the amount of debris that is building up along the 101 concrete median divider from Windsor to Rohnert Park. Is the cleanup Caltrans' responsibility or the county or the city? It's becoming an eyesore and [...]

By | January 14th, 2012|0 Comments