A worker watches as two others smooth out freshly applied asphalt shoveled from the back of a truck at the intersection of East Gobbi and Main streets and Porzio Lane in Ukiah, Calif. on Friday, July 18, 2025. The workers were "raising the irons," which means raising manhole covers to the surface of a newly paved road. (Lin Due via Bay City News)

UKIAH, CA., 8/5/25 — Perhaps due to hearing frustration from businesses and residents, the city is begging patience as the project to replace decades-old lines continues on Gobbi and Main streets inches along in downtown Ukiah. 

Striping, anticipated to take two to three days, starts today on East and West Gobbi streets. There may be intermittent traffic disruptions at Gobbi and Dora, Cooper and Waugh lanes, and Gobbi and Oak for patch paving. Then comes landscaping. Landscaping the medians on East Gobbi starts Friday. 

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