Roadwork returns in South Lake Tahoe

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Chiapa Drive to Kyburz Avenue: Motorists can expect intermittent full highway closures at various locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for survey work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Truckee Drive to Rubicon Trail/Carson Avenue in South Lake Tahoe: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the #2 lane and right shoulder closed from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday for utility work.

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Lake Forest Road East to Beaver Street in Kings Beach: Motorists can expect intermittent full highway closures at various locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday for survey work.

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Agatam Avenue East to National Avenue: Westbound motorists can expect the #1 lane closed from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for sewer work. Traffic will be shifted to the two-way left turn lane.

State Route 89 (Placer County) from Wilson Avenue to Tahoe Tavern Road: Motorists can expect intermittent full highway closures at various locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for survey work.

State Route 193 (El Dorado County) at Rock Creek Road: Motorists can expect long-term signalized one-way traffic control for emergency repair work.

State Route 267 (Placer County) from Brockway Summit to Cambridge/Lincoln Green Drive: Motorists can expect intermittent full highway closures at various locations from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for survey work.

LONG-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work is in winter suspension on a $70.1 million project from Tahoma to just north of Granlibakken Road in Tahoe City that is upgrading storm water drainage and treatment systems, adding curb and gutter, resurfacing and realigning the road, adding new left-turn pockets and widening shoulders on an 8.5-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected by spring 2017.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work has resumed on an $8 million project from Meeks Creek to Wilson Avenue in Tahoma, installing curb and gutter and drainage systems to collect and treat stormwater. The highway is also being resurfaced. The project will be completed this spring.
April 12-15 - State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Meeks Creek to Wilson Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday for pavement work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work is in winter suspension on a $25 million project from the "Y" junction with U.S. Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe to Cascade Road, north of Camp Richardson. Curb, gutter and sidewalks will be added in the 1.1-mile four-lane section, and the highway will be widened in the two-lane section to Visitor Center Road to provide 4-foot paved shoulders on each side. Drainage systems are also being built and the roadway is being resurfaced. Completion is expected this fall.

State Route 28 (Placer County): A few items remain to complete on Placer County’s “Core of the Core” phase of the $50 million Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project from State Route 267 to Chipmunk Street. Highway work includes installing curb and gutter, sidewalks, roundabouts, lighting and drainage systems to enhance pedestrian and bicycle mobility, improve safety and provide water-quality improvements. For more information on the KBCCIP, go to: http://kingsbeachcore.info/
April 11-14 - State Route 28 (Placer County) from the junction with State Route 267 to Beaver Street: Westbound motorists can expect the #1 lane closed from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Thursday for utility work. Traffic will be shifted to the two-way left turn lane.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $57 million project by El Dorado County to construct a new overcrossing over U.S. Highway 50, new on- and off-ramps with signalized intersections, and new bicycle and pedestrian facilities at Silva Valley Parkway in El Dorado Hills. Completion is expected in late spring or early summer. For more information on this project, go to http://www.edcgov.us/SIlvaValley.aspx
April 12 - U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hills Boulevard to Bass Lake Road: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures from 9 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday for sign work.