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Category Archives: Highway 17
Roads could be slow & go this week for projects, Bike Week
Drivers countywide will have to pay extra attention to the roads and their travel routes this week as several events, including a sewer project, highway work and Bike Week, take to the streets. First, in Santa Cruz, the city will … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, bicycle education, Bicycling, bike lanes, bike safety, Bike Week, California Driver Handbook, California Vehicle Code, Caltrans, cycling, distracted drivers, Driver safety, Ecology Action, Highway 152, Highway 17, highways, traffic hazards, transportation, transportation projects, Uncategorized
Tagged Bike Week, cycling, Highway 152, Highway 17, highways, lane closures
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Signal light stops traffic for nonexistent cars, pedestrians, reader says
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I have noticed, on many occasions, that both traffic lights turn red on westbound Soquel Drive toward Santa Cruz at Cabrillo College will turn red when there are no cars nor pedestrians to trigger them. The … Continue reading
What to do when school bus lights flash, stop arm’s engaged but no one’s there
Dear Street Smarts, Q: On Ocean Street, headed toward Highway 17, there was one of the smaller school buses a little bigger than a van parked in front of Finn’s, with its lights flashing and it’s ‘stop’ sign out. I … Continue reading
Posted in California Vehicle Code, child passenger safety, children, consumer affairs, driver education, Driver safety, driveway, Highway 17, Lane closure, law enforcement, Paving, police, Public safety, public works, public works projects, road construction, road work, roads, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Police, Santa Cruz Public Works, school bus, stop signs, traffic, Traffic Enforcement, traffic hazards, traffic laws, traffic safety, transportation, Uncategorized
Tagged Highway 17, La Fonda, Ocean Street, Paving, public works, road work, Santa Cruz, school bus, transportation
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Drainage project closes the Fishhook at night this week
Caltrans is paying Graniterock Construction of Watsonville $200,000 to make drainage improvements at the Fishhook. Beginning this week, crews will work from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. on southbound Highway 1 between the Emeline Street overcrossing and Carbonera Creek Bridge near the … Continue reading
Posted in Caltrans, driver education, Fishhook, Highway 1, Highway 17, highways, road construction, road work, roads, Santa Cruz, transportation, transportation projects, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, Fishhook, Highway 1, Highway 17, road work, transportation, transportation project
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B40 Drive project heading out to bid soon
Dear Street Smarts, Q: I live on Branciforte Drive and I am wondering if there is a start date yet to fix the washout on our road and the one on Glen Canyon. Last I heard, the contractor promised to … Continue reading
Posted in children, consumer affairs, driver education, Highway 17, highways, holiday, public works, public works projects, road closure, road conditions, road construction, road trip, road work, roads, transportation, transportation projects, travel, Uncategorized
Tagged child passengers, children, parents, road trip, Santa Cruz, transportation, travel
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Survey work for drainage project begins Tuesday near Fishhook
Survey work related to an upcoming drainage project will require lane closures in Santa Cruz. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 17, surveyors will be working in the left lane of southbound Highway 1 and the right — or slow … Continue reading
Posted in Caltrans, Fishhook, Highway 1, Highway 17, road construction, road work, transportation, transportation projects, Uncategorized
Tagged Caltrans, drainage, Highway 1, Highway 17
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