What’s happening: Fourteen households on four streets in Rancho Madrone, in Eldridge in Sonoma Valley, are asking the County to rebuild roads that have gone about 30 years without repaving. Longtime residents say they have been repaved only once since 1955.
Where it stands: None of the four streets is on the County’s 2026–27 paving list, no work is scheduled, and no County official has walked these streets with residents. This site is the full written record.
County briefing · Updated October 28, 2026
Residents request rehabilitation of Glenwood, Oakwood, Brookview and Maplewood Drives in Eldridge, Sonoma Valley.
Record reviewed through October 28; latest County reply in this collection: October 27. Residents’ requested response dates are not statutory deadlines. CPRA #26-871’s November 2 determination date is reported in the Director’s correspondence; it is not a promise of full records delivery.
MAP
Eldridge, in Sonoma Valley, District 1. Tap a street to see it up close on the satellite map. Whether every segment is County-maintained is one of the questions residents have asked the County to confirm.
THE COUNTY’S OWN NUMBERS
The County reports that its local roads, 64% of the network, average a PCI of 37, while arterials average 78 to 80. Its own page says “high-use roads receive more funding.”
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Pavement Condition of Bay Area Jurisdictions, 2024 (published November 2025).
| ROAD | CONDITION | COST |
|---|---|---|
| Napa Rd | Very Good | $3,300,000 |
| Arnold Dr | Good | $1,100,000 |
| Bennett Valley Rd (Enterprise–Yulupa Cr.) | Good | $900,000 |
| Sonoma Mountain Rd | Very Poor | $550,000 |
| Bennett Valley Rd (N. of Walker) | Good | $450,000 |
| Lomita Ave | Very Poor | $400,000 |
| Glenwood, Oakwood, Brookview, Maplewood | Glenwood: Very Poor | Not listed |
Source: County of Sonoma, Exhibit D, 2026–27 Modified List of Recommended Roads. District 1 total: 6 segments, 8.97 miles, $6.70 million.
Photographic evidence
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2026
Two service requests went in that morning: No. 7181 (also No. 26-003080) at 10:50 a.m. and No. 7182 at 11:06 a.m. Here is what the County wrote back.
“Upon review, we acknowledge that Glenwood Drive Pavement Condition index (PCI) score is Very Poor. As such, SPI-RM will add your paving request to the Pavement Preservation Program list … Additionally, SPI-RM will review the road and mitigate any immediate hazards.”
“We have previously received the same request, 26-003080 … This is a hazard and action will be take.”
“Our crews have assessed this issue and deemed there is no immediate hazard and thus no action is required.”
Glenwood Drive is not on the 2026–27 resurfacing list. On October 23 the Director of Sonoma Public Infrastructure wrote, “No work is currently scheduled.”
Two weeks later, residents still have not been told who wrote either message, which crews assessed the road, or what was found. No County official has walked these streets with a single resident.
TIMELINE
SCORECARD · AS OF OCTOBER 28
Residents’ correspondence · October 10–28, 2026
Initial road concerns, County hazard messages, and coalition formation
Unanswered referral and requested October 23 response
October 21 replies, public records request, and preservation notice
Requested response date, reopened request, and curb-ramp access
Response to the Director’s afternoon email
Cancellation of the October 30 site meeting
Road evaluation questions and County pavement data
Hazard messages, the Director’s reply, and CPRA #26-871
Coalition response to the Supervisor’s October 27 email
WHO DECIDES
“Larger road projects for new pavement requests are approved by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors and contracts for pavement projects are managed by the SPI-Engineering Division.” SPI Road Maintenance, October 12, 2026
Sonoma Public Infrastructure recommends the resurfacing list; the Board votes on it at a public meeting. One supervisor alone cannot add a road.
Meets Tuesdays · bos@sonomacounty.gov · (707) 565-2241 · 575 Administration Drive, Room 100A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403
The County still has not said which Deputy Director evaluated these streets. spi@sonomacounty.gov · (707) 565-2550 · Road maintenance (707) 565-5100 · 400 Aviation Blvd, Suite 100, Santa Rosa
District1@sonomacounty.gov
(707) 565-2431 · 575 Administration Drive, Suite 104A, Santa Rosa
The Sonoma County Transportation Authority is a 12-member regional board: nine city members and three supervisors (Hopkins, Coursey and Rabbitt). It decides regional Go Sonoma transportation funding, not the County’s paving list.
info@scta.ca.gov · (707) 565-5373 · 411 King Street, Santa Rosa
The Pavement Preservation Program list, Board file 2025-0533, covers two fiscal years: about $22.8 million for 2025–26 and $23.0 million for 2026–27.
Funding sources: the County General Fund, the state SB 1 gas-tax allocation, the Measure L transient-occupancy-tax share, refuse franchise fees, and aggregate road mitigation fees.
SPI builds the list from pavement data and field observation under its Road Evaluation Framework, which does not name specific roads.
Whether every segment of the four streets is County-maintained or private, and whether any future Board vote date has been set. Both questions are before the County.
Districts 2 and 4 are open seats on the ballot. District 1, which includes Rancho Madrone, is not on the ballot this year. Because the resurfacing list needs a majority of the Board, all five seats bear on whether these streets are funded. No County road-funding measure is on the ballot; road money comes through the annual budget.
Listed candidates: District 2, Joanna Paun and Sylvia Lemus. District 4, Tom Schwedhelm and Melanie Bagby. Polls are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on November 3.
No supervisor seat is up in 2027. Districts 1, 3 and 5 run to January 2029 and are next elected in 2028.
Candidate list as published by the Sonoma Roads community site; confirm with the Sonoma County Registrar of Voters. Listed as ballot information only. This site makes no endorsement.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD