Save Our Sonoma Roads

Making Roads A Priority

KRCB North Bay Report on Roads

Details: Last Updated on Saturday, 12 May 2012 14:53

Click here to listen to KRCB's Bruce Robinson's interview with Craig Harrison and Michael Troy on the North Bay Report. On the KRCB website, click on the green arrow at the end of North Bay Report section.

SOSroads Supervisor Endorsements

Details: Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 13:11

SOSroads, a Sonoma County-wide citizen’s group, was formed to advocate for appropriate allocation of public funds to roads. SOSroads requested all ten candidates to provide written responses to three questions about the county roads crisis.

SOSroads made its endorsement decisions based on the candidates responses to our questions, our interviews with some of the candidates and their positions stated at candidates forums over the last month.

For the 1st district, SOSroads endorses Joanne Sanders, Mayor of Sonoma and for the 3rd district SOSroads endorses Shirlee Zane, the incumbent supervisor.

Please read our complete endorsement and analysis of the candidates, click here.

To read the candidates' complete statement, click here.

County Supervisor Candidate Forums

Details: Last Updated on Wednesday, 16 May 2012 15:59

Below is a list of the upcoming Candidate Forums being held prior to the 2012 Sonoma County Supervisor Elections.

Please attend the candidate forums and ask how they plan on finding funding for fixing our roads.

Candidate forums

Fifth District:

May 31 Thurs. 7 PM, Odd Fellow Hall, Highway 116 and Covey Rd., Forestville. Sponsored by Forestville Planning Association.

Other Forums will be added as soon as we have that information.

SOSRoads.org’s First Roads Summit a Great Success

Details: Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 15:21

About 100 people turned out Wednesday evening, March 7, to hear about the future of Sonoma County roads. Sponsored by SOSroads.org, the event featured Phil Demery, Sonoma County’s Director of Transportation and Public Works.

The standing room-only audience of concerned citizens heard Mr. Demery explain how funding for county roads is “woefully inadequate” and that road maintenance levels are projected to worsen.

Stop the Deterioration of Our Roads

Details: Last Updated on Friday, 09 March 2012 11:45

Save Our Sonoma Roads is a citizens group whose purpose is to improve the condition of our county and city roads and streets. Good roads are vital to public safety, property values and our economic well-being.

But after years of neglect, the official County policy is to let 84 percent of county roads degrade to gravel. SOS Roads says this is unacceptable.

The deterioration of county roads and city streets is at a crisis level and is directly correlated to insufficient funding for road maintenance and preservation.

How bad are our roads? Click here to see roads in red that the county considers to be failed roads.

Our goal is to adequately fund the restoration of our county road and city streets.

SOS Roads will accomplish its mission by educating individuals, groups and businesses on how roads are funded and by advocating for appropriate allocation of public funds to roads.

What You Can Do:

Join SOS Roads as a Road Supporter or Road Champion. Your membership will help us in our effort to convince policy makers that letting roads deteriorate is unacceptable.
Make a donation to SOS Roads to support SOS Roads efforts to advocate on behalf of our roads.
Read our position statements and the various reports and studies that detail the crisis in road conditions and the devastating shortfall in funding for the rehabilitation and preservation of our roads system.
Put up a Tired of Potholes sign in your neighborhood and on the bad roads you drive. Go to Contact Us to request signs.
Write your County Supervisor and/or city council person to express your concern for the condition of our roads.
Start a SOS Roads Forum for your neighborhood and email your neighbors about the forum.
Write about your experience on county roads on the Road Forum.
Sign up for our email list so we can keep you informed.