Highway 101 flooding solution in central Marin remains years away

The second in a series of five stories examining the major tidal flooding this month in Marin.

It was a Saturday, but drivers in central Marin were in gridlock.

Highway 101 at Lucky Drive was flooded, choking traffic in all directions around it. It would stay that way for nearly six hours on the busy post-holiday afternoon.

The low-lying, flood-prone area along the Corte Madera Creek — battered in the days leading up to Jan. 3 by torrential rain, winds and historic king tides ...