NDOT hosts public hearing on State Route 28 improvement plans near Lake Tahoe
Submitted by editor on Wed, 04/20/2016 - 10:01am
The Nevada Department of Transportation will host a public hearing on Tuesday, April 26 to provide information on an upcoming project to construct a shared-use path and enhance safety, accessibility and water quality on State Route 28.
The project, to be constructed over the next two to three years, will build a three-plus mile shared-use path from the south end of Incline Village at Lake Tahoe to Sand Harbor State Park. An underpass will be constructed beneath the highway to bring the path from the east to west side of the road near the Flume Trail.
Two new parking areas will be constructed near the Ponderosa Ranch and Tunnel Creek Café, providing safer parking options for the almost one million recreationists who visit the area every year. Centerline rumble strips and emergency roadside turnouts will also be added to State Route 28, further enhancing motorist and pedestrian safety. In addition, water quality improvements such as enhanced roadside drainage inlets, sediment filtration systems and erosion control measures will be installed to help preserve the quality of stormwater entering Lake Tahoe.
More than two and a half million vehicles a year travel on State Route 28, mixing with as many as 2,000 pedestrian and bicyclists who park and recreate near the roadside and creating safety and accessibility concerns on the mountaineous highway. Nearly 107 crashes occurred in the area between 2006 and 2013; accounting for approximately 25 percent of crashes on State Route 28.
Thirteen agencies came together to plan the path, which is envisioned as the first step in a future Nevada Stateline-to-Stateline shared-use path connecting from the Nevada-California state line in Crystal Bay to the South Lake Tahoe casino core.
The project will be funded through federal, state and local funding sources. The Construction Manager at Risk process will be used, bringing project designers and contractors together at the start of the project with the goal of completing it more quickly, efficiently and cost effectively.
The public hearing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 26 at the Chateau located at 955 Fairway Boulevard in Incline Village, with an informational presentation held at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend the open-format meeting at any time between 4 and 7 p.m. to discuss the project and provide comments. Further project information is available at www.nevadadot.com/SR28 or (775) 888-7000.
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