To help with safety on Lake Tahoe roads, new stoplight to be installed at Zephyr Cove in 2021

ZEPHYR COVE, Nev. - In a move to increase safety along the highway in Zephyr Cove, the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) will be installing a new traffic signal at the intersection of US50 and Warrior Way next summer.

Almost 20,000 drivers travel that section of US50 on a daily basis. By controlling all directions of travel, the signal will help provide designated and safer access to and from the highway at the busy intersection.

As part of the improvements, NDOT is also coordinating with stakeholders and partner agencies, including the USFS, to evaluate opportunities to relocate on-street parking in the immediate area to off-highway parking areas. This will be done to reduce safety concerns associated with vehicles parking along the shoulders of this heavily-traveled section of highway.

In partnership with the Federal Highway Administration, USFS will install one of those new offstreet parking areas, a new access road which will connect with National Forest lands directly west of the new intersection at Warrior Way. At this time there are no plans to increase access to the adjacent Zephyr Shoals, the area now owned by USFS that was once known as the Dreyfus Estate.

An infiltration basin will also be installed to enhance natural roadway stormwater infiltration and water quality.

There is also a multi-agency collaborative project that involves relocation of the existing access road at Round Hill Pines to a safer location north of the existing entrance. The project is currently in the design/permitting phase. Once that is completed it will also help the safety situation along the busy section of roadway.

This is the first of plans over the following five years to help with the drive between Stateline and Spooner Summit. Over the next five years, they have plans to repave and rehabilitate the approximately 13 miles of U.S. 50 for a smoother and safer drive.

Over coming years, NDOT will also be bringing together their transportation partners and the community in a U.S. 50 Tahoe corridor study to develop plans for the most needed future corridor upgrades, including traffic safety and other enhancements.