Roads
Road Crews Prepare County Roads for Winter Storms
Replacing damaged culverts is one of the most important ways the County of Santa Clara's Roads and Airports Division gets mountain roads ready to handle the rains of winter.
Summer Ritual: County Crews Resurface Roads Under the Hot Sun
Every summer, employees in the Road & Signal Operations Division resurface a portion of the 660 miles of unincorporated Santa Clara County roads and expressways, extending the lives of the roads and preparing them for the storms of winter.
County Reopens Bear Creek Road to Traffic
The County of Santa Clara has completed repairs to a section of Bear Creek Road in the Santa Cruz Mountains that was badly damaged during this winter’s storms and reopened it to traffic. The road had been closed since March, when a culvert channeling stormwater under the roadway failed.
County bringing improvements to Almaden Expressway-Camden Avenue intersection using Measure B funds
Construction and electrical crews have made significant progress on a $4.2 million project to improve the intersection of Almaden Expressway and Camden Avenue in San José, one of several active projects funded by Measure B, the 30-year half-cent sales tax approved by Santa Clara County voters in 2016.
County's Road Maintenance Workers Rise to the Challenge of Relentless Winter Storms
While most of us huddled indoors during the nonstop storms that pummeled the Bay Area from Dec. 26 to Jan. 16, the people who maintain 660 miles of unincorporated Santa Clara County roads and expressways worked around the clock, in harsh conditions, to keep the public safe, from clearing roads of downed trees and mudslides to unblocking debris-choked culverts.
