Fixing North Bay’s Highway 37

For drought-stricken California, the winter of 2016-17 was a welcome sight. From October through March, more than 30 inches of rainfall soaked the state — the second wettest rainy season in 122 years — filling up depleted lakes and reservoirs, rejuvenating desiccated landscapes, and giving residents hope that the drought would soon be over.

For commuters all around the Bay Area, however, the seemingly endless deluge brought its own host of problems: flooded freeways, slippery roads, sinkholes, collapsed thoroughfares.