From Monday, September 13 to Thursday, September 16, Fifth Avenue between B Street and C Street between 7am – 5 pm. CSI Construction will be preforming construction related to the AC Marriott Hotel project Road closures and detours will be in place. Please follow all directional signs and plan ahead for your commute. For questions...
On Monday, September 13 from 4 - 7 am, Ghilotti Construction Company (GCC), will be excavating existing driveway to Whole Foods along Third St and will be installing new sidewalk frames/conforms. On Tuesday, September 14 from 6:30 - 7 am, GCC will be pouring concrete for sidewalks. During construction, sidewalks will be closed. Detours will...
Starting Monday, September 13th at 9 pm to September 14th at 7 am, as well as, Thursday, September 16th at 9 pm to Friday. September 17th at 7 am, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be closing the Highway 101 Northbound Central San Rafael off-ramp to conduct pre-cast and concrete pour for the new...
On Friday, September 3 and Tuesday, September 7 to Friday, September 10 from 9 am to 3 pm, Fifth Avenue between B Street and C Street will be closed. The AC Marriott Hotel construction project is closing this part of roadway so the project contractor, CSI Construction Company, can safely saw cut and trench for...
From September 7 at 8 PM to September 8 at 7 AM, Veteran Power Infrastructure (VPI) will be performing night work along 4th Street by D St to install a new electrical line for PG&E. Only one lane will be closed at a time so vehicles traversing will still be able to drive through 4th...
In the 1960s, Fire Stations 54 and 55 were designed and built. Fire Station 54 is located at 46 Castro Avenue in the Canal neighborhood. Fire Station 55 is located at 955 Point San Pedro Road between Knight Drive and Peacock Drive. Both fire stations are now beyond their useful life. For more information on...
From Sunday, August 29 to Friday, September 10 between midnight to 6 am, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will perform construction work on the 101 Northbound Central San Rafael off-ramp bridge replacement project. The work involves demolishing the existing off-ramp bridge and residents may temporarily experience increased noise levels during this operation. Caltrans will...
The Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD) will be performing emergency leak repair work near the intersection of Ross Valley Drive and 4th Street today. The work is expected to be contained in the median area and not impact travel lanes. Please be mindful of crews in the area and drive with caution. MMWD is working...
Starting Monday, August 30, Wilhelm LLC will be performing tree work along PG&E powerlines at the locations listed below. Work will commence at 9 a.m. on Monday morning and is expected to last about a week. Traffic control will be in place. Please follow all directional signals and traverse with caution. List of locations: Mission...
On Thursday, August 19 from 7:30 am - 4 pm., the City's contractor, the Professional Tree Care Company, will be removing two trees on Hillside Ave. These trees are leaning into road way, thus they need to be removed to meet right-of-way standards. Detours will be in place. Please follow all detours and temporary traffic...
The City of San Rafael, Department of Public Works and Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) have worked together to create a more streamlined process for PG&E permit applications. The City of San Rafael granted a Programmatic Encroachment Permit to PG&E to perform routine maintenance, operations and wildfire mitigation work in City rights-of-way. The permit...
Recent work on the Southern Heights Bridge project has focused on the bridge railing. The City has been coordinating with PG&E for the installation of bridge lighting consisting of 13 LED lights that will be mounted along the middle of the railing. Several items of work remain including the construction of the approach slabs, paving,...
Vegetation that encroaches on walkways can pose hazards as they can force pedestrians to step into the street in order to avoid scrapes or scratches or it can cause a potential tripping hazard. Parks staff Rene Ramos, Alfredo Tellez and Alex Nacaspaca are shown here clearing and cleaning up the sidewalk area along Manuel T...
There’s just something about fresh paint that makes a parking lot look like new. A well-marked parking lot makes it safer for those visiting the library as well as it shows patrons where to park. Members of the Paint and Signs crew added some bike racks and refreshed the striping in the parking lot. The...
From August 16 to August 31, the Chevron development located at 949 Del Presidio Blvd has night work scheduled for week nights (Monday to Friday) between from 7 pm to 5 am. The contractor, Alccon General, will be performing utility trenching and frontage improvements along Del Presidio Blvd and Manuel T Freitas Parkway. Traffic controls...
On Friday, August 13th, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be closing the Highway 101 Northbound Central San Rafael off-ramp at night. The proposed schedule has been updated and the off-ramp will now be fully closed from Friday, August 13 at 9:00PM until 9:00AM the following morning. Caltrans is planning on returning the off-ramp to regular...
The San Rafael Sanitation District are scheduled to work on their Woodland Avenue Sewer Improvement project. The work is scheduled for the following Saturday's: August 7, August 14, and August 21 from 7 am to 5 pm. Work on the weekend is to ensure that the project will be completed in a timely manner. The...
On Friday, August 13th, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be closing the Highway 101 Northbound Central San Rafael off-ramp at night. The schedule has been changed. The proposed schedule has been updated and the off-ramp will now be fully closed from Friday, August 13 at 9:00PM until 9:00AM the following morning. Caltrans is...
Tonight, Monday, August 2, AT&T has scheduled emergency night work along 3rd Street near Lincoln Ave. The area is currently out of service. AT&T plans to work until midnight or until the issue is resolved. Traffic controls will be in place. Please drive with caution and follow all posted directional signals. For any questions or...
Fourth Street has a different use than Second and Third Streets. Fourth Street is our commercial corridor, filled with retail, restaurants, and services. As a result, pedestrian volumes are higher on this street than Second and Third Streets. On Thursdays and Fridays, residents and visitors have been enjoying Dining Under the Lights. In June, we...
The Traffic Engineering division has been busy timing, observing, and re-timing the traffic signals in Central San Rafael. First, was Third Street. Third Street has its challenges, from a troublesome signal controller at Lootens Place to a short-protected left-turn phase at A Street. After troubleshooting and making changes to offsets, travel time has not decreased...
On Tuesday, July 20th, the new traffic signal at Lucas Valley Road/Los Gamos Road was turned on in anticipation of the opening of the new Kaiser medical offices on Los Gamos Road. Kaiser is certainly happy to be at this point, as it took a few years to work through the Caltrans approval process since...
Streets division staff recently conducted a cleanup of the ditch located on Freitas Parkway. Pictured in the photo is Streets staff member, Kenny Gatlin, using an excavator to remove the build up from the ditch.
Here the Streets division staff added ladders to an existing crosswalk to make it more visible for drivers and pedestrians. They also added All Way Stop Sign placards to the stop sign poles. Streets division staff also added ladders to D Street and Via Sessi to increase visibility of the crosswalk. Members of the Streets...
Parks division staff have been busy working on pruning medians. In these photos they are cutting back the shrubs along the Devon Drive median. Pictured below are Camilo Bayot and Rene Ramos pruning the medians:
The Department of Public Works recently acquired a new 2021 Xtreme Leaf Vacuum for our Maintenance divisions. The leaf vacuum is a versatile tool that can be used to aid in picking up dried grass clippings, leaves or dirt from sidewalks and parks quickly and effectively. The leaf vacuum will mainly be used for picking...
The objective of the Spinnaker Point Parking Modification project is to create additional parking in a high demand area of East San Rafael. Parking will be added by converting the on-street parallel parking into angled parking along the north side of Spinnaker Point Drive, next to the Albert J. Boro Community Center. At the August...
Join the team of crossing guards in Marin County and protect the safety of our children as they bike and walk to and from school. Transportation Authority of Marin (TAM) is working with the Crossing Guard management firm, All City Management Services, to hire dedicated individuals to take part in this critical public safety role....
On Tuesday, July 20, the new traffic signal at Lucas Valley Road/Los Gamos Road was turned on in anticipation of the opening of the new Kaiser medical offices on Los Gamos Road. Kaiser is certainly happy to be at this point, as it took a few years to work through the Caltrans approval process since...
The final product is starting to take shape on the Southern Heights Bridge project as the bridge deck was successfully poured on July 1st. There is still plenty of work remaining including installation of the bridge railing, construction of the approach slabs, paving, hydroseeding, bridge lighting, and many smaller items. The City is working with...
