Resurfacing project starts on Kingsbury Grade: Expect delays

STATELINE, Nev. – There will be single-lane closures and travel delays on the Carson Valley side of Kingsbury Grade/SR207 starting August 19.

The Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) will be resurfacing the highway through late September. Crews will be working Mondays through Fridays between 6:00 a.m and 6:00 p.m. There will be a pilot car directing one-way traffic during these hours. Expect delays up to 30 minutes.

Motorists are advised to leave extra travel time and reduce travel speeds to posted speed limits or slower as needed.

The road work will take place on Kingsbury Grade between mileposts 3.5 to 11, from just below Daggett Summit to the intersection of Foothill Road in Genoa. The road will be resurfaced with a layer of new asphalt and roadway gravel and sealed with a top layer. The resurfacing will help protect and prolong pavement life by resurfacing the roadway with crushed aggregate rock and asphalt. Often considered the best value for road maintenance dollar, chip seals also restore roadway friction and aesthetics. The section of road was last resurfaced in 2004.

In 2014, NDOT completely reconstructed a different section of Kingsbury Grade, making improvements to roadway surface, drainage, curb and gutter and more. The current roadway resurfacing is east of the reconstructed roadway, and not in the same area that was reconstructed.

SAFE WORK ZONE DRIVING TIPS

- Always buckle up.
- Pay attention. Normal speed limits may be reduced, traffic lanes may be changed and people and vehicles may be working near the road.
- Always slow to posted work zone speed limits.
- Remember that even if it may not seem that workers are present, work is still ongoing and speed limits must be observed.