Lake Tahoe road work schedule for August 9 - 15

LONG-TERM PROJECTS
State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $70.1 million project from Tahoma to the "Y" junction with State Route 28 in Tahoe City on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore that will upgrade storm water drainage and treatment systems, add curb and gutter, resurface and realign the road, add new left-turn pockets and widen shoulders on a 9-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected in fall 2016.

Aug. 9-14- State Route 89 (El Dorado/Placer County) from Fern Street to St. Michael’s Court: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations around the clock from 10 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Friday for drainage, paving and concrete work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $20 million water-quality project from 0.1 mile north of the Eagle Falls Sidehill Viaduct No. 5 in Emerald Bay to the Meeks Creek Bridge in Meeks Bay. This project is adding new drainage features, curb and gutter in some locations, and resurfacing a nearly 7-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected this fall.

Aug. 10-14 - State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from 1 Ring Road to Bliss Memorial State Park Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for drainage work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work continues 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 will also be resurfaced.

Aug. 9-14 - State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Meeks Creek to Wilson Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations around the clock from 8 p.m. Sunday until 11 a.m. Friday for drainage work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work continues 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 will be resurfaced. Completion is expected by spring 2017.

Aug. 9-14 - State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from the "Y" junction with Highway 50 to 13th Street: Northbound and southbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures from 9 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday for concrete work. Northbound and southbound motorists also can expect alternating lane closures from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday from the “Y” to 10th Street for concrete work.

State Route 28 (Placer County): Work continues on Placer County’s $50 million Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project from State Route 267 to Chipmunk Street. The project is installing curb and gutter, sidewalks, roundabouts, lighting and drainage systems to enhance pedestrian and bicycle mobility, improve safety and provide water-quality improvements. Completion is expected this fall. For more information on the KBCCIP, go to: http://kingsbeachcore.info/
Construction work will be focused on the “grid” residential section of the project during the peak season.

State Route 267 (Placer County): Work continues on a $5.2 million project to grind, pave and make drainage improvements to a nearly seven-mile stretch of State Route 267 from just north of Schaffer Mill Road to Brockway Summit. Completion is expected by the end of September.

Aug. 9-14 - State Route 267 (Placer County) from the Nevada County line to Carnelian Bay Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Friday for pavement grinding and paving.

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 2016. For more information on this project, go to http://www.edcgov.us/SIlvaValley.aspx

Aug. 10-15 - U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Latrobe Road to Bass Lake Road: Eastbound motorists should expect alternating lane closures from 10 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday, westbound from 10 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday and from 8 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Saturday for bridge work. The westbound off-ramp at Latrobe Road will also be closed from 9 p.m. Friday to 7 a.m. Saturday.

State Route 49 (El Dorado County): Work continues on an $8.4 million project to repave an 11-mile section of State Route 49 from Cool to Coloma. Most of the paving will use cold-in-place recycling in which the existing pavement is ground up and reused and then an asphalt overlay is placed on top of it. Rocks have also been added to some shoulder areas for erosion control and guard rail replaced. Completion is expected by early fall.

Aug. 9-15- State Route 49 (El Dorado County) from Lotus Road to Ranch Creek Circle: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Saturday for pavement work.

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 28 (Placer County) from the junction with State Route 89 to Macinaw Road in Tahoe City: Eastbound motorists can expect the #1 lane closed 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday for grinding and paving.

State Route 49 (El Dorado County) from the Amador County line to South Street in El Dorado: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday for pavement grinding.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Apache Avenue to Country Club Drive in Meyers: Motorists can expect the auxiliary lane closed from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday for grinding and paving work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from the “Y” intersection with State Route 89 to the Upper Truckee River Bridge in South Lake Tahoe: Westbound motorists can expect the #2 lane closed from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday through Friday for gas line work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from the Placer County line to Wilson Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday for utility work.

The Caltrans District Traffic Management Branch has reviewed each project and determined that individual project delays are expected to be less than the statewide policy maximum of 30 minutes, unless noted otherwise above. Lanes are numbered from the center divide (#1) to the shoulder (#2, 3, 4, etc.).

Unexpected schedule changes may occur. For current information on roadwork, delays, road conditions and emergency closures, call the voice-activated Caltrans Highway Information Network (CHIN) at 1-800-427-7623 (ROAD) or visit Caltrans’ “QuickMap” website at: http://quickmap.dot.ca.gov/