Carson City and Lake Tahoe area road report through July 13

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of July 7-13, 2014. On Wednesday, July 9, the outside northbound lane on Carson Street will be closed at the intersection with Washington Street due to utility work.
 
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.
— Meadow Wood Road between Combs Canyon Road and Wagon Wheel Road.
— Wagon Wheel Road south of Meadow Wood Road.
— Levi Gulch Road.
 
The following road closures will occur due to special events.
— On Wednesday, July 9, John Street will be closed between Curry Street and Carson Street from 6 a.m. to 2 a.m., July 10.
— On Wednesday, July 9, Curry Street will be closed between William Street and Fleischmann Way from 3 p.m. to 2 a.m., July 10.
— On Friday, July 11, Third Street will be closed between Curry Street and Carson Street from 1:30 p.m. to midnight.

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 Washoe County, the repave project from South Virginia Street to Timberline Drive in the Montreux area was completed July 3. There will be some with minor roadside enhancement work over the next few weeks. Single lane closures and delays of up to 30 minutes are to be expected on the two-lane section of highway above the tree line. Work will take place both night and day Sunday evenings through Friday afternoon.

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: State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $41 million 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.

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work has started 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.

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.

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.

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): 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.