A truck goes through a flooded section of Slusser Road in the Russian River Valley Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Windsor, Calif. The latest in an onslaught of winter storms comes with blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada and a new round of flooding for Northern California river towns where thousands of people remained under evacuation advisory Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
You’re probably still trying to avoid the potholes this morning… Sonoma County roads have taken a big hit this winter: to the tune of 16-million dollars in damage. About half of that cost will be covered by federal dollars, the rest will have to come out of our own coffers. There are still four roads in the county that are closed due to storm damage: Old Monte Rio Road west of Guerneville, North Fitch Mountain and Pine Flat Road near Healdsburg and Geysers Road east of Cloverdale.
And work begins today on Green Valley Creek in Graton that caused huge problems for Graton Road during the storms. Emergency repair work on a road near Green Valley Creek is set to get underway. Sonoma County Water Agency crews plan to start a week-long project today on Green Valley Road, nearly one month after the creek jumped its banks and clogged the road with sediment. The flooded section of the road west of Graton was closed on February 9th, one lane was opened on the 23rd, but both lanes will be shut down for repairs starting today.