Burke Creek Restoration Project begins final stage

The final phase of the Burke Creek Highway 50 Crossing and Realignment Project near Kahle Drive in Stateline will begin on Monday, July 31.

Douglas County, Nevada Department of Transportation, Nevada Division of State Lands, Nevada Tahoe Conservation District and the U.S. Forest Service have partnered together to restore the Burke Creek channel and adjacent marsh. The project aims to decrease the amount of sediment that flows into nearby Lake Tahoe while also reducing the potential for flooding on U.S. Highway 50.

The public can expect to see heavy equipment and ground crews in the area and should use caution when near this operation.

They will be decommissioning approximately 500 feet of the old channel and then connecting the new channel to the culvert, which conveys Burke Creek under the highway and was installed in 2016.

Signs will be posted around the project area. Project work is expected to be complete by mid-August.

For more project information: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/ltbmu/landmanagement/projects/?cid=fseprd493588