Lane restrictions extended in South Lake Tahoe Friday

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Caltrans work in South Lake Tahoe is normally suspended at 11:00 a.m. on Fridays due to weekend traffic, but weather this week has caused roadwork to go through the day September 22.

Highway 50 will be reduced to one lane in each direction from Dunlap Drive to Winnemucca Avenue on Friday to allow for paving and striping from about 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The work again will be dependent on weather and temperature conditions.

Construction on the $56 million water-quality improvement project is taking place from the “Y” intersection with State Highway 89 to Winnemucca Avenue this season, which is the first of three phases. The project will eventually extend to Trout Creek, covering two miles of the highway with new drainage filtration systems, curbs and gutters, new sidewalks, a wider highway to include 6-foot shoulders on each side for Class II bike lanes, and a new roadway surface. Completion is expected in the fall of 2019.

The project is part of Caltrans’ commitment to the Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program (EIP) to help protect Lake Tahoe’s world-famous clarity by filtering stormwater runoff of pollutants before it enters the lake. It’s the 22nd project Caltrans has built on state highways in the Basin in the past 10 years at a total cost of approximately $466 million.

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