Sonoma County Spending $37M On Roads In 2020-2021

SONOMA COUNTY, CA — Sonoma County plans to spend $37 million to rehabilitate and preserve more than 51 miles of county roads in 2020 and 2021. The $37 million includes $24 million from the county's general fund budget, $10 million in state gas tax revenue, $2 million from the county's transient occupancy tax and $1 million in one-time funding.

Board of Supervisors Chair David Rabbitt said the board will have improved 433 miles of county roads primarily with discretionary general funds between 2013 and 2021. The county typically dedicates more general fund money for roads than any other county in the state.

The two-year plan includes major rehabilitation work on 40 miles of roads, and pavement preservation treatment on an additional 11 miles.

The county's 2014 long-term road plan calls for improving 700 miles of county roads, dramatically improving the roads most traveled and roads vital to the county's economy, agriculture, recreation and tourism activities.

The county has 1,369 miles of roads and 328 bridges — the largest road network in the Bay Area.

— Bay City News Service