Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill that relaxes environmental constraints to speed up a traffic and flood reduction project on Highway 37.

Assembly Bill 697 was introduced by Assemblymember Lori Wilson, a Democrat from Suisun City in Solano County. The legislation signed Tuesday sets up Caltrans, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and partners in Marin, Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties to begin construction in 2026 on the $500 million, three-phase project.

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“It’s a great relief the governor signed the bill,” Wilson said Wednesday. “This project has been delayed from the very onset, facing some major headwinds — part of it is cost and how do we fund it. But every day that we don’t do something, we are seeing serious negative impacts on the quality of lif

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