Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 14-20, 2014. There will be road work on the section of Timberline Drive between both intersections with Prospect Drive. This section will be open to local traffic only, and through traffic will be detoured onto Prospect Drive.
There will be utility work primarily in the street shoulder on weekdays at the following locations. Minimal delays are possible.
— Lakeview Road west of Combs Canyon Road.
The following road closures will occur due to special events.
— Proctor Street between Carson Street and Curry Street on July 19, from 8 a.m. to midnight.
— Ann Street between Carson Street and Plaza Street on July 19, from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Currently underway is a $6 million repave and restripe Nevada Department of Transportation project from Highway 50 from Arrowhead Drive in east Carson City to one mile east of the State Route 341 to the Virginia City intersection. The majority of the construction work will take place during nighttime hours, with construction-related single lane closures and delays to be expected. Construction is scheduled to complete in the fall.
In Douglas County work continues now through October on the Kingsbury Grade project along State Route 207 between Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe. The road is open with night work Sundays through Fridays, 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. There will be single lane closures at night and intermittently during the day through the duration of the project, according to the Nevada Department of Transportation.
Elsewhere around Lake Tahoe and the Sierra from July 13-19, 2014 are the following projects:
State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $41 million project from Tahoma to "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 13-18: State Route 89 (Placer County) from Wilson Avenue to Granlibakken Road in Tahoe City: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations around the clock from 10 p.m. Sunday until 10 a.m. Friday for pavement and utility work.
State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $4 million project from the "Y" junction of State Routes 28/89 in Tahoe City to Alpine Meadows Road making drainage and slope corrections on about a 4-mile stretch of Highway 89. Completion is expected this fall.
No traffic-interfering work is scheduled on the highway.
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, and resurfacing a nearly 7-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected in fall 2015.
July 13-18: State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Silver Tip Drive to Rubicon Glen Drive in Rubicon Bay: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 10 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday and 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday 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 will install curb and gutter, sidewalks, roundabouts and drainage systems to enhance pedestrian and bicycle mobility, improve safety and provide water-quality improvements. Completion is expected in fall 2015.
No traffic-interfering work is scheduled on the highway.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $12.1 million water-quality and roadway improvement project from the "Y" intersection of Highways 50 and 89 to the South Lake Tahoe Airport adding curb and gutter, sidewalks, new drainage systems and repaving the highway. Completion is expected this fall.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Jewell Road North to the Y intersection: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday for paving.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $15.3 million water-quality project from Johnson Pass Road to Incline Road in Meyers to install new drainage systems, widen shoulders and add bike lanes in one section, and restore a section of the exiting bike path.
July 14-18: U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Johnson Pass Road to Sawmill Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday for drainage work.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $7.67 million project to replace the bridge over Sly Park Road in Pollock Pines. The project will also add sidewalks to both sides of Sly Park Road, curb and gutter and curb ramps. Completion is expected this fall.
Highway 50 is reduced to one lane in each direction over Sly Park Road during construction of the new bridge.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on an $18.5 million project by El Dorado County to reconstruct the U.S. Highway 50 ramps to El Dorado Hills Boulevard and Latrobe Road in El Dorado Hills. Completion is expected this fall.
July 13-19
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from El Dorado Hills Boulevard/Latrobe Road to the Carson Creek Bridge: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures and the Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hill Boulevards ramps closed from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Friday and from 9 p.m. Friday to 9 a.m. Saturday 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.
July 13: U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from El Dorado Hills Boulevard/Latrobe Road to Bass Lake Road: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect a full highway closure from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday for rock blasting. A detour will be in place.
State Route 49 (El Dorado County) from Pedro Hill Road to Meadow View Acres Road in Pilot Hill: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday for pavement work.
State Route 49 (El Dorado County) from Meadow View Acres Road to Saint Florian Court in Cool: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday for pavement work.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) at Ponderosa Road: Eastbound motorists can expect the No. 2 lane closed from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday for sign work.
State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from the Alpine County line to the junction with U.S. Highway 50 in Meyers: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for paving.
State Route 193 (El Dorado County) from the junction with State Route 49 in Cool to American River Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday for pavement work.