![]() What has changed is that now we have very efficient cars and electric cars, and revenue from gas tax has shrunk over 25% since 93. Our county road maintenance is paid for by a gas tax and hasn’t been changed since 1993. ![]() This “detour” makes the normal 7 minute drive to Napa about an hour and 15 minutes during traffic hours. Remembering back about a month ago, we had a massive landslide just south of us on Redwood road that shut off the southbound path into Napa for a week, making this northbound route the only way out for about 600 people. None of the ditches that allow drainage were flowing because they haven’t been cleaned out in years and the pot holes and huge fishers in the road promoted many a hit the brakes quick situation. The road was temporarily filled back in or graded to allow a tight and very slow passage…And then another one lane section that has caved off the hillside and has been that way for so long the temporary guard rail is now covered with moss…There were also a few other large sinking spots that were on the verge of failing with another good storm. It had either caved off into the creek, or a landslide had come down into the road. There were about 50 of us there with our district supervisor and the head of the county road department and local fire chiefs.Īs we drove north for the 15 minute drive up Mt Veeder road to the meeting we passed three places where the road was only one makeshift lane. My wife and I went to a sort of “town hall” meeting last week that the residents up Mt Veeder pulled together after enduring some pretty tough and dangerous situations in last month’s storms. Bell raises the question: what about residents? With so much money pouring in from the hospitality and winery businesses, why is so little being used to ensure our roads are safe? Bell offers a solution. ![]() Although the County continues to support growth in tourism and wine sales, the situation with our country roads is precarious and dangerous and the County contends there is little money to fix them. Veeder, conditions increasingly common on our county roads. The following letter from Napa resident Chris Bell addresses the deplorable conditions of the roads on Mt.
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