Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of June 2-8, 2014. The following roads will experience paving/slurry seal operations on Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, as part of the Carson City Freeway project, according to Carson City Public Works.
Operations will be a half road width at a time with accommodations provided for local traffic only. Affected areas are:
– Snyder Avenue from Roland Street to Dat-So-La-Lee Way.
— Center Drive at Snyder Avenue.
— Roland Street from Ponderosa Drive to Bigelow Drive.
— Bigelow Drive from Roland Street to Appion Way.
— Ponderosa Drive at the cul-de-sac.
— Arthur Street at the Frontage Road to Lynette Lane.
— Bennett Avenue cul-de-sac.
— Frontage Road cul-de-sac near Carson Lanes.
Vista Grande Boulevard will be closed from Topsy Lane to Old Clear Creek Road with a signed detour. There will also be intermittent delays on Old Clear Creek Road near the intersection with Vista Grande Boulevard.
There will be a lane shift on Northridge Drive and the sidewalk will be closed on the north side of the street near the intersection with Roop Street.
The sidewalk along the north side of Winnie Lane will be closed near the intersection with Carson Street.
There will be street shoulder work on weekdays at the following locations:
— Silver Sage Drive between Sonoma Street and Colorado Street.
— Woodside Drive between Ladera Drive and Stanton Drive.
— Numaga Pass Road and Red’s Grade in the Lakeview area (minor delays possible).
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.
Elsewhere around Lake Tahoe, motorists are reminded to share the road with bicyclists on Highways 50, 89 and 28 around Lake Tahoe on Sunday, June 1 during "America's Most Beautiful Bike Ride."
In addition, Highway 89 in Emerald Bay from Spring Creek Road to Vikingsholm Vista Point will be closed to through traffic from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. during the event.
Meanwhile, work continues on a $41 million Caltrans project from Tahoma to 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.
Other Tahoe area road projects from June 2-6, 2014 include: State Route 89 (Placer County) from Wilson Avenue to Tahoe Tavern Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations around the clock from 6 a.m. Monday until noon Friday for drainage and utility work.
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 will add new drainage features, curb and gutter, and resurface a nearly 7-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected in fall 2015.
State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Valley View Drive to Mountain Drive: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for drainage work.
State Route 28 (Placer County): Work continues on Placer County’s $36.7 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.
State Route 28 (Placer County) from Coon Street to Chipmunk Street: Westbound motorists can expect the #1 lane and right shoulder closed around the clock from 6 a.m. Monday to 11:59 p.m. Friday for utility work.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) in South Lake Tahoe: 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 in fall 2014.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from South Lake Tahoe Airport Road to F Street: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the No. 1 lane closed from 7 p.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday for roadway excavation.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) through Meyers: 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.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Johnson Pass Road to Sawmill Road: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the No. 1 lane closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for drainage work.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) in Pollock Pines: Work continues on a $7.67 million project to replace the bridge over Sly Park Road. The project will also add sidewalks to both sides of Sly Park Road, curbs, curb ramps and gutters. Completion is expected in November 2014. No traffic-interfering work is scheduled.
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 in fall 2014.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) at Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hills Boulevard: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the off-ramp closed from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Friday for drainage 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.
U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hills Boulevard to the Carson Creek Bridge: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday for bridge work.