Sonoma County roadwork to repair 54 miles this summer

Sonoma County Transportation and Public Works crews were to begin road repair work this week on some 54 miles of Sonoma County roads, continuing a years-long effort to upgrade aging roadways,|

Sonoma County Transportation and Public Works crews were to begin road repair work this week on some 54 miles of Sonoma County roads, continuing a years-long effort to upgrade aging roadways, including segments damaged by storms this winter.

This summer’s $13.2 million in pavement projects will affect major roads across the county, from Cloverdale to Petaluma and inland, and the construction will occur in phases. It’s the first batch of projects covering about 97 miles that the Board of Supervisors authorized last year, under a projected expense of $21.9 million for the multi-year project.

Several of the road sections are in Sonoma Valley, though their repairs are staggered and may extend into 2018. The winter rains, and the damage they did to many miles of County highway, affected the road repair schedule for this year.

The roadways in or near the Valley seeing repair this year include Fifth Street West from Leveroni to the city limits, and Arnold Drive from Leveroni north to Craig Street – which fall into the “distressed roads” category and will see asphalt removal, remix and replacement, followed by a thin layer of new asphalt concrete over the recycled layer.

Lovall Valley Road from Fourth Street East, and Boyes Boulevard from Arnold Drive to Highway 12, will both receive new asphalt in a remove-and-replace process.

Napa Road from Eighth Street East to Highway 12/121, will receive a “fog seal” application of asphalt emulsion to preserve good pavement.

Sections of Adobe Road west of Petaluma will also see varying degrees of road work this summer, from Corona Road to Frates Road, and Frates to Highway 116 – where Adobe changes its name to Stage Gulch Road.

Several of the roads on the 2017 repair list were determined to have endured significant storm damage to the point of requiring different pavement treatments to adequately preserve them. This includes Eighth Street East from the railroad tracks to Napa Road, which will now see a chip seal replacement process that may not be complete until 2018.

For complete details on the affected roads, the type of work and schedules, go to sonomacounty.ca.gov/TPW/Projects/Current-Paving/.

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