4-way stop in place for several weeks
Beginning Monday, Feb. 26, contractors for the City of Healdsburg will begin the months’ long installation of railroad crossties, tracks, signals and other rail work in the middle of the roundabout project.
Because of this construction, the traffic pattern at the roundabout will change to a four-way stop — starting at 7 a.m. on Feb. 26 — instead of the current “yield to traffic” roundabout pattern.
Stop signs and temporary signage will alert traffic of the new temporary traffic plan. Traffic exiting the U.S. Highway 101 at the Central Healdsburg Avenue and driving north will stop at a stop sign at the roundabout. Traffic heading east and west on West Mill Street will also have a stop sign, as will Vine Street and Healdsburg Avenue for traffic heading south from downtown. East Mill Street will remain closed.
“The good news is that we are making a good amount progress on the roundabout,” said Healdsburg Public Works Director Larry Zimmer. “The installation of the railroad will be a major milestone in this construction project.”
This four-way stop pattern is part of “Stage I” of the railroad construction work, in which track will be laid from the south to the middle of the roundabout. Stage I will continue for at least several weeks. In mid-late March, the traffic plan will again change temporarily for “Stage II,” in which track will be laid from the middle to north of the roundabout.
— submitted by Rhea Borja
