Lake Tahoe road work schedule for July 20 - July 25

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.

July 20-24- State Route 89 (El Dorado/Placer County) from Oak Street to St. Michaels Court Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations around the clock from until 10 a.m. Friday for paving and excavating.

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.

July 20-24 - 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.

July 20-24 - State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Meeks Creek to Wilson Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 6 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 a.m. Monday through 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.

July 20-24 - 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 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday for drainage work. Motorists also can expect alternating lane closures from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday from 13th Street to West Way for drainage 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 until the week of August 10, when highway work is scheduled to resume in order to finish this season.

State Route 267 (Placer County): Work has begun 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.

July 20-24 - 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. Monday through Friday for pavement grinding.

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 No traffic-interfering work is scheduled on the highway.

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. Completion is expected by late July.

July 13-18 - 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. Monday through Saturday for pavement.

SHORT-TERM PROJECTS

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Tahoe State Park Drive to Center Street: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for striping.

State Route 89 (Placer County) from Silver Creek Campground to Cabin Creek Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday for ditch cleaning.