EL DORADO COUNTY, Calif. – The final environmental document for the proposed Meyers Watercraft Inspection Station Project is now available on the project website. This release also includes public comments received on the project during the public review period of the environmental document.
Partner agencies, including Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, Tahoe Resource Conservation District, California Tahoe Conservancy, and El Dorado County, have been committed to protecting Lake Tahoe from aquatic invasive species. They are proposing to relocate the watercraft inspection station in Meyers to a permanent location, also in Meyers. The proposed project would consist of construction and operation of a watercraft inspection station, decontamination area, and workforce housing. The housing would be for essential seasonal staff, such as watercraft inspectors and snow plow drivers.
Since 2008, when the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Tahoe Resource Conservation District launched the first mandatory boat inspection program in the nation, highly trained staff have inspected more than 120,000 boats at a few, largely temporary inspection stations located around the region. Building stations at permanent locations around the lake is a key goal of the Lake Tahoe AIS Program.
To complete the project, El Dorado County and the California Tahoe Conservancy will have to do a land exchange, which is scheduled to happen this winter. Final designs of the project will take place in 2027.
To learn more, go to the project website at https://tahoeboatinspections.com/meyers/. If you have any questions or need additional information, feel free to contact meyersais@trpa.gov.