Highway 37 Widening Is Focus Of Public Meeting

NORTH BAY, CA— The public is invited to attend a public meeting Tuesday on the proposed widening of a bottlenecked section of state Highway 37.

The meeting is from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 14 in the Vallejo Room of the John F. Kennedy Library, 505 Santa Clara St. in Vallejo. It will be hosted by Caltrans, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, the Transportation Authority of Marin, the Sonoma County Transportation Authority, the Napa Valley Transportation Authority and the Solano Transportation Authority.

The topic of discussion is the Supplemental Environment Impact Report—SEIR —for the project to add a new east- and westbound lane to SR-37 between Sears Point in Sonoma County and Mare Island in Solano County.

The SEIR was drafted to address changes to the project, including enhancing a degraded area of marshland called Strip Marsh East and adding disabled vehicle pullouts in the center median.

According to Caltrans, reviving Strip Marsh East will benefit local animals and plants while providing a buffer against flooding. Meanwhile, traffic pullouts will reduce congestion and increase safety by providing refuge for disabled vehicles.

Tuesday's meeting is in-person but will also be streamed for virtual attendees. Visit the SR-37 Corridor Project website for the virtual meeting link.

The 186-page report was released Dec. 18 for public viewing. Public comments can be submitted in writing by Feb. 3 by email to stateroute37@dot.ca.gov or by postal mail addressed to: Caltrans District 4 ATTN: Skylar Nguyen, Senior Environmental Scientist P.O. Box 23660, MS: 8B, Oakland, CA 94623-0660.

See the report here.

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