The North Bay has received funding from Congress to alleviate traffic congestion.
Efforts to widen and elevate Highway 37 received a $7 million shot in the arm from Congress on Friday.
The highway has long been a source of pain for commuters, with 20-mile drives often taking up to an hour or longer.
Sonoma County Supervisor David Rabbitt characterized the route as "one of the worst back-ups in the Bay Area."
California members of Congress, Jared Huffman and Mike Thompson, have secured $7 million to design a solution for the current commuter suffering.
"What this funding will really do," explained Huffman, "is support very long-term planning for a more resilient Highway 37 corridor."
The plan will lift the roadway up out of the floodway as it is "basically at sea-level," said the Congressman. It will also widen the road to expand capacity and include environmental restoration.
The primitive plan may take years and possibly $1 billion, but Rabbitt says the $7 million from Congress will definitely get the ball rolling.
"We’re incredibly grateful to be able to get these dollars," he affirmed.
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