Lake Tahoe road work schedule for November 15-21

LONG-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work is in winter suspension 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.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work is complete 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.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work is wrapping up 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. The project will be completed by the end of November.

Nov. 16-20 - State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Meeks Creek to Wilson Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday for highway construction.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work is in winter suspension 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.

State Route 28 (Placer County): Highway work is complete on Placer County’s “Core of the Core” phase of a $50 million Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project from State Route 267 to Chipmunk Street. Highway work included installing curb and gutter, sidewalks, roundabouts, lighting and drainage systems to enhance pedestrian and bicycle mobility, improve safety and provide water-quality improvements. For more information on the KBCCIP, go to: http://kingsbeachcore.info/

State Route 267 (Placer County): Work is wrapping up 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.

Nov. 15-20 - State Route 267 (Placer County) from the Nevada County line to Carnelian Bay Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 8 pm. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for miscellaneous work.

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

Nov. 15-21 - U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hills Boulevard to Bass Lake Road: Eastbouand and westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures and ramp closures from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Friday and 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday for asphalt paving.

State Route 49 (El Dorado County): Work is wrapping up on an $8.4 million project to repave an 11-mile section of State Route 49 from Cool to Coloma. Drainage improvements and guard rail upgrades also were included in the project.

No traffic-interfering work is scheduled on the highway.

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 49 (El Dorado County) from Saint Florian Court to the North Fork of the American River Bridge: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and midnight to 11 a.m. Friday for bridge work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from the “Y” junction with State Route 89 to Trout Creek Avenue in South Lake Tahoe: Eastbound motorists can expect the alternating lane closures from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to noon Monday and Tuesday, and 8 a.m. to noon Wednesday and Thursday for pavement grinding. Westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures from 7 p.m. Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednesday.

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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 800-427-7623 (ROAD) or visit the Caltrans website at: www.dot.ca.gov

For the latest chain control information in the Northern Sierra, visit the Caltrans District 3 North Region Winter Operations website located at: www.dot.ca.gov/dist3/departments/mtce/controlmp.htm