State pact seeks to advance fixes to Highway 37 flooding and traffic woes
A coalition of state traffic and environmental agencies announced Wednesday they will work together to redesign Highway 37, the North Bay’s key east-west route, adding new lanes in each direction to help unclog traffic and advancing other near-term fixes to address chronic flooding problems. The effort, which state and local officials touted as historic, focuses on the 21-mile state highway linking Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties from Interstate 80 in the east to Highway 101 at Novato in the west. Daily, it is traversed by 40,000 vehicles. Sen. Bill Dodd, D-Napa, one of several local and state officials who have championed solutions for the route, hailed the partnership as a “significant milestone” that will reduce congestion and address climate change.