Construction to begin on new portion of Suisun Parkway

Construction to begin on new portion of Suisun Parkway
By Barry Eberling | DAILY REPUBLIC | July 04, 2009

FAIRFIELD - A major new four-lane road should be under construction in Suisun Valley on the north side of Interstate 80 by mid-month.

The North Connector is to link the Green Valley area of Fairfield with central Fairfield at Abernathy Road, providing an alternative to the freeway. The Green Valley segment already exists as Business Center Drive and Fairfield is building another segment near the California Highway Patrol truck scales.

But without a 1.7-mile link from Suisun Creek to Abernathy Road, the North Connector is a road to nowhere. This eastern link will run through the rural valley and is to be called the Suisun Parkway.

By winter of 2010, the North Connector is to have all the connections it needs to become a big factor in local traffic patterns.

People traveling westward on I-80 to Solano Community College or Green Valley will be able to exit at Abernathy Road and take the North Connector, said Janet Adams, Solano Transportation Authority director of projects. They'll be able to avoid the crowded freeway.

'It's a local road for local trips,' Adams said.

One goal of the North Connector is to reduce freeway congestion. Another is to reduce traffic on Rockville Road, a rural road that some people sometimes use an a roundabout way to avoid the freeway.

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