Carson City area road report for week of May 16-22

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of May 16-22, 2016: Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street. The following streets will be impacted:

— North Carson Street will remain one lane in each direction.
— Ann, Spear and 5th streets to the west of Carson Street will be closed to Curry.
— All other side streets will be open.

Days of closures subject to change due to weather. Downtown businesses are open during construction. For details regarding traffic impacts, please refer to the material provided in local media outlets or go to carsonproud.com for more information. These sources are updated weekly throughout the duration of the project.

Lane closures with flagger controlled traffic will be at the following locations due to utility/road work from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.:

— College Parkway near the I-580 bypass intersection, westbound lanes will be reduced, Friday May 20 to Tuesday May 31
— Center Drive south of Clear Creek Avenue to Topsy Lane, Monday through Friday
— Christmas Tree Drive, Ashwood Court, Amberwood Drive, Snowflake Drive, and Walnut Court, Monday-Thursday

Road closures expected at the following locations due to utility/road work please follow detours:
— Fairview Drive between Butti Way and Fifth Street, Monday through Friday, 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.
— Mountain Street, northbound only, between Fleischmann Way and Division Street, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
— Long Street between Division and Mountain Streets, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
— Topsy Lane between Center Drive and Lyla Lane, Monday through Sunday, for all hours, local traffic only
— Race Track Road between Bigelow Drive and Schulz Way, Monday through Sunday, for all hours, local track only
— Jeanell Drive between Winnie Lane and Michael Drive, Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Northbound U.S. 395 between Clear Creek Avenue and Snyder Avenue will be reduced from three to two lanes until May 31 as part of the Carson City Freeway project.

Periodic, nighttime, lane and ramp closures will take place on southbound I-580 and alternate U.S. 395 in southern Washoe Valley throughout the summer, includes northbound and southbound ramp closures for Bellevue Bridge and southbound ramp closures south of Eastlake Blvd.

Extended paving sessions, on I-580 in Washoe Valley, are scheduled through the next few weekends and for weekend hours to avoid impacting weekday commute travel.

The following road work is scheduled by Caltrans for the week of May 15-21, 2016 for the Lake Tahoe Basin and Sierra.

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $70.1 million project from Tahoma to just north of Granlibakken Road in Tahoe City that is upgrading storm water drainage and treatment systems, adding curb and gutter, resurfacing and realigning the road, adding new left-turn pockets and widening shoulders on an 8-mile stretch of the highway. Completion is expected by summer 2017.

State Route 89 (Placer County) from Elizabeth Drive to Olympic Drive South: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations around the clock from 10 p.m. Sunday until noon 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 is also being resurfaced. The project will be completed this spring.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Meeks Creek to Wilson Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday for pavement grinding work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work has begun on a $13 million water quality improvement project from Cascade Road to just north of the Eagle Falls Viaduct over Emerald Bay. The project will construct new drainage facilities to treat stormwater runoff and repave a four-mile section of the highway. Completion is expected in fall 2017.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Cascade Road to Bayview Campground/Vista Point: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday for shoulder 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 is being resurfaced. Completion is expected this fall.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from 5th Street to 13th Street: Southbound motorists can expect the No. 2 lane and shoulder closed around the clock from 6 a.m. Monday until to 11 a.m. Friday for shoulder work. Motorists also can expect one-way traffic control from Pope Beach Road to the Tahoe Visitors Center around the clock from 4 a.m. Monday to 11 a.m. Friday for shoulder work.

State Route 28 (Placer County): Work continues on Placer County’s “Core of the Core” phase of the $50 million Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project from State Route 267 to Chipmunk Street. Highway work includes installing curb and gutter, sidewalks, roundabouts, lighting and drainage systems to enhance pedestrian and bicycle mobility, improve safety and provide water-quality improvements.

State Route 28 (Placer County) from the junction with State Route 267 to Beaver Street: Motorists can expect the No. 1 lane closed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to noon Friday for utility work.

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Ridgewood Road to Carnelian Wood Avenue in Carnelian Bay: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for utility work.

State Route 49 (El Dorado County) at Cannon Court: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for utility work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Carson Road to Smith Flat Road just east of Placerville: Westbound motorists can expect the No. 2 lane closed from 5 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Thursday and eastbound motorists can expect the No. 2 lane closed from 7 p.m. noon Monday through Thursday for k-rail installation. Motorists also can expect one-way traffic control on Schnell School Road from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and Friday for bridge work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Truckee Drive to River Drive in South Lake Tahoe: Eastbound motorists can expect the No. 2 lane closed from 9 p.m. Sunday to 7 a.m. Monday and 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. Monday through Friday and from Trout Creek to Tulare Avenue/Al Tahoe Boulevard from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday for gas line relocation work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from the “Y” junction with State Route 89 to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures at various locations from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for pavement repair work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Blue Lake Avenue to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect the #2 lane closed at various locations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday for drainage cleaning.

State Route 193 (El Dorado County) at Rock Creek Road: Motorists can expect long-term signalized one-way traffic control for emergency repair work, which is scheduled to be completed by July.

State Route 267 (Placer County) from the Nevada County line to Carnelian Bay Avenue: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control at various locations from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday for pavement grinding.

State Route 267 (Placer County) from Carnelian Bay Avenue to Dolly Varden Avenue in Kings Beach: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Wednesday for crack sealing work.