For years, the State of California has been planning a fix for State Route 37, spanning a wetlands area between Vallejo and Marin County. There have been plenty of obstacles in the way, including the fact that much of it is a protected wildlife area. But the rain that moved into the area on Monday was a good reminder of why they’re doing it in the first place.
Things move pretty slowly on Highway 37 as it is, but to make traffic come to a complete stop, all you have to do is add water.
“We are just about to have our first major storm this year, and motorists kind of need to ‘know before they go.'” said Caltrans spokesperson Bart Ney. “So, when we get heavy storms and King Tides at the same time, we lose State Route 37. It floods. So, that happened in 2017. It happened in 2019 for significant periods of time. It happened just last year for about a day, maybe two days.”…