Beginning on June 28, PG&E will be starting night work at 4th Street at D Street. Night work will be from 7 pm – 7 am and will only happen on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. There will also be day work on Sundays, starting July 11 from 8 am – 5 pm. They will be … Continued
As part of the City’s Third Street Rehabilitation project, the City’s consultant, CSW/STUBER-STROEH, has teamed with contractor, Bess Utility Solutions, to locate underground utilities using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) at intersections along the project limits. GPR is a locating method that uses radio waves to capture images below the road’s surface – see image above for … Continued
Tomorrow morning, Wednesday, June 23, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) will be issuing a short traffic break on Highway 580 and Highway 101 to relocate a crane. This traffic break will be between 2:00am and 6:00am and should not be longer than 15-20 minutes. While they are setting up for the relocation of the … Continued
Last week Public Works announced April Miller was selected for the Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer position. April is San Rafael’s first woman to hold the City Engineer title, and we are thrilled to have her join the management team. While April is new to the Assistant Public Works Director/City Engineer role, she is not … Continued
Routine maintenance jobs are very common with when it comes to maintaining the fleet of City vehicles. In the photo, Garage tech Angel Lopez is replacing both catalytic converters on one of the Police Departments patrol vehicles in order to diagnose and repair the check engine lamp that was on. The Vehicle Maintenance staff does … Continued
Vegetation pruning in an important part of plant care that is done for aesthetic reasons as well as for plant health. In an effort to help continue to beautify the City, the Parks Maintenance crews just recently completed shrub pruning in the median along a section of Freitas Parkway near Monticello Rd. Once this work … Continued
The Land Development engineering team in Public Works also recently welcomed new Junior Engineer Megan Kelly, and Engineering Technician Jason Madayag. Megan came to us with nearly 5 years of experience as a Project Engineer at BKF Engineers, a Bay Area-based engineering firm. During her time at BKF, Megan provided engineering consulting services for major … Continued
Caltrans is upgrading the bridge deck at the US 101 northbound exit to Central San Rafael and the approach is down to two lanes for the next several weeks. The Miovision video detection cameras allow the City to update the detection zones and accurately capture the volumes approaching the intersection so we can monitor traffic … Continued
To help alleviate some of the traffic issues in the southbound direction on D St. from 3rd to 2nd St., members of the Streets Division did early morning tasks to do grind down work on existing thermo as well as restripe a secondary lane to allow cars to flow across 2nd street to help curb … Continued
As the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic start to subside, Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) encourages customers with past due balances to explore available financial assistance programs now, before the emergency customer protections come to an end. June 30 is the anticipated end-date for the moratorium on non-payment shutoffs. This does not mean shutoffs … Continued
