Completion date of Fanny Bridge/ SR89 project pushed out, final stage may start in 2020

The SR89/Fanny Bridge Community Revitalization Project on the North Shore of Lake Tahoe has not progressed as expected and completion will not happen in 2019 though lots of work is scheduled.

Weather, utilities and construction scheduling have put it well behind the original 2018 planned completion and now construction work will be getting off to a late start in 2019 because of high water levels at the lake and Truckee River after an above average winter of snow and rain. Crews are expecting to start around mid-June.

This summer they plan to complete the realignment of SR89, the new Truckee River Bridge (pictured above), and the two roundabouts on either end of the realignment (one on West Lake Blvd. and the other east of the Caltrans Maintenance Yard on SR 89 heading into Tahoe City from Truckee).

The rebuild of Fanny Bridge will not take place during the 2019 construction season, nor will the construction of the roundabout at the "Wye" in Tahoe City.

In October 2016, Federal Highway Administration/Central Federal Lands Highway Division awarded the construction contract to Martin Brothers Construction with a goal to complete the project the summer of 2018. Because the construction hasn't gone as expected, the lead agency on the project, the Federal Lands Highway Division of the Federal Highway Administration (CFLHD-FHWA), has decided to terminate part of the construction contract with Martin Brothers Construction splitting the balance of the project into a future contract with another contractor.

The agency will decide when to put the remaining parts of the project not to be completed by Martin Brothers Construction out to bid after the 2019 building season.

When construction resumes in 2019 expect up to 20-minute delays in the project area.

Traffic controls will include:

- Normal temporary lane closures utilizing flaggers with a maximum 20-minute delay
- Flaggers located at parking lot entrances to allow access
- No blocked businesses
- At the West Roundabout (near the Caltrans Maintenance Yard) K-Rail placement with reduced lane widths to 11-ft – same configuration as last year

Shared-Use Paths for Cyclists and Pedestrians:

- Detours will be set
- No paths will be closed

Complete information on the project can be seen on its webpage, http://www.tahoetransportation.org/fanny-new-1.