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Recognized for stewardship and care taken in the building and construction of developments around Lake Tahoe, the 22nd annual Best in the Basin awards were announced Tuesday by the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The TRPA, which sets policy for development around Lake Tahoe, will recognize the winners, listed below, during the 2011 Best in the Basin awards presentation during the meeting of its Governing Board on Wednesday, Feb. 22 in Stateline. Go here for the agenda.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be work at the intersection of Edmonds Drive and S. Lompa Lane. There will also be work on Edmonds Drive between Clearview Drive and Bennett Avenue. There will be flagger controls and minor delays are expected.

Weather permitting, the Nevada Department of Transportation will have one northbound lane closed on South Carson Street from Fairview Drive to Koontz Lane on Tuesday, February 14, and will have one southbound lane closed in the same area on Wednesday, February 15.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be utility work in the roundabout at Fairview Drive and E. Fifth Street on weekdays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. There will be flagger controls and minor delays are expected.

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected, but traffic control will be in effect.
·College Parkway in the vicinity of the Freeway.
·US Highway 50 in the vicinity of the Freeway.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be utility work in the roundabout at Fairview Drive and E. Fifth Street from January 24th through January 26th from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. There will be flagger controls and minor delays are expected. The right-turn lane from northbound Edmonds Drive to northbound Fairview Drive will also be closed. Traffic making that turn will need to turn right from the stop sign.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, Fairview Drive will be closed on Tuesday, January 10, and Wednesday, January 11, between E. Fifth Street and Butti Way. Detours will be marked.

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected, but traffic control will be in effect.

• North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
• Arrowhead Drive between N. Carson Street and Garnet Way.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be shoulder work on Fairview Drive between E. Fifth Street and Butti Way. Minimal delays are expected.
There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected, but traffic control will be in effect.

• North Carson St., in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
• Arrowhead Drive between N. Carson St. and Garnet Way.
• Northgate Lane between Jumbo Court and Dyer Court.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be shoulder work on S. Lompa Lane between Edmonds Drive and Grandville Drive. There will also be shoulder work on Edmonds Drive between Fairview Drive and Gentry Lane. Minimal delays are expected.

There will be work at North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected.

Due to a project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City, there will be lane closures with flaggers in the vicinity of the roundabout at the intersection of Fifth Street and Fairview Drive, Monday through Thursday. Delays are expected.

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected.

• North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
• Arrowhead Drive between North Carson Street and Garnet Way.

A project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City will result in activity on Fairview Drive south of Fifth Street. There will be lane closures with flagger controlled traffic. Delays are expected.

There will be work at the following locations as a result of the Freeway Landscaping Project. No closures are expected.

• North Carson Street, in the vicinity of the freeway overpass.
• Arrowhead Drive between North Carson Street and Garnet Way.
• Northgate Lane between Jumbo Court and Dyer Court.

The Tahoe Resource Conservation District has released a series of educational posters which identify some of the biggest threats to Lake Tahoe Basin, as well as what visitors, residents and even kids can do to help. Titled “Tahoe’s Most un-Wanted,” the first three posters feature aquatic invasive species, fine sediments from runoff and invasive weeds, and are free to pick up or request for local schools, businesses and other organizations who would like to display them publicly.

Butti Way between Fairview Drive and Airport Road and Airport Road between Butti Way and Desatoya Drive will continued to be closed through Tuesday, November 22. These roads are expected to reopen on Wednesday, November 23. Those wishing to access the Public Works building may do so via Fairview Drive to westbound Butti Way. Those wishing to access the Parks and Recreation Department offices or the Jump Around Carson (JAC) transit office may do so via the south gate to the Public Works Corporate Yard off of Butti Way, south of Airport Road.

The second annual Celebrity Chef and Harvest Dinner to benefit The Greenhouse Project takes place Nov. 14 at Adele’s Restaurant and Lounge in Carson City.

The evening is limited to 80 guests and features six courses paired with wine, prepared by Adele’s chef and owner, Charlie Abowd and guest chef Mylan Schmidt of Coco Dolce, Carson City.

Course sponsors at $1,000 and co-sponsorships at $500 are sought to offset the cost of meal preparation and other sponsorship opportunities will be available that evening.

The Carson Area Metropolitan Planning Organization will hear a presentation concerning the results of a traffic signal optimization study when it meets at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Sierra Room of ...

CARSON CITY – Gov. Brian Sandoval today announced that Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki has informed him that Nevada has been awarded a $3.4 million grant to cover the entire allowable cost of expanding the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.

CARSON CITY – If a $490,000 grant to plant trees in Clark County public places as part of a federal job-creating stimulus project should be measured by the “greening” of Southern Nevada, then the effort might be considered a modest success.
Thirteen different government and nonprofit entities applied for 1,814 trees for planting at 35 different public areas in Southern Nevada through the grant. A total of 1,541 trees have been provided to the agencies and groups for planting, mostly at schools and parks around the Vegas valley.

Work on the long-awaited "Carson City's History in Motion" freeway landscaping project is set to begin next month.When completed, likely in the spring of next year, it will give motorists a glim...

By Patrick Pittenger
The Carson City Regional Transportation Commission awarded several new projects at its June 8 meeting. The newly awarded projects will be funded primarily through federal and state grants. Here's a list of the projects:

By Jeff Cowen
The Nevada Bicycle Advisory Board on Tuesday recognized the efforts of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) and Tahoe Metropolitan Planning Organization (TMPO) for their achievements in bicycling advocacy planning and safety for the 2010 Lake Tahoe Region Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan.

The newest additions to the Carson City Freeway landscaping are metal horse sculptures at Fairview Drive.Years ago, before the freeway was a reality, the consensus was that freeways needn't be s...

By Wendy Madson, Healthy Communities Coalition liaison for school garden implementation

Nearly 2,000 students are getting their hands dirty in school gardens, thanks to a USDA grant received by Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey, a private nonprofit. This season school gardens are being created in Dayton and Silver Springs, and next season they'll be created in Yerington and Fernley schools.

After a marathon meeting today, the Carson City Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to allow staff to begin negotiations on agreements to develop the City Center/Nugget Project.

But the project may face hurdles getting final approval, as two of those voting yes expressed concerns about the project.

The following Carson City road information applies to the period of Dec. 13-19, 2010:

The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue working on a freeway landscaping project at the Fifth Street overpass over the freeway and at the Fairview Drive Interchange. Single lane closures are expected on the northbound on ramp from Fairview Drive to the Freeway. No delays are expected. Single lane closures with flaggers are also expected on Fairview Drive and on 5th Street in the vicinity of the Freeway, with minor delays expected.

The Roop Street widening project is continuing and is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. The following impacts are expected this week:
· Roop Street is closed from William Street to Stewart Street through the completion of the project.
· Long Street will be closed from Stewart Street to Marian Street. Traffic will be detoured via Stewart Street, Corbett Street, and Molly Drive.
· Beverly Street will be closed to through traffic at Roop Street.
· Traffic crossing Roop Street may do so at Corbett Street.

The Carson City road report for the week includes some street closures for the annual Silver and Snowflake Festival on Thursday, the public works department reports.

The event and parade will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m., and will include the following street closures:
— Carson Street from Robinson Street to Fifth Street
— West Musser Street from North Carson Street to North Nevada Street

Celtic Lawn and Landscape recently showed its holiday goodwill by giving back to the town of Dayton, Nev. When the owner and employees of Celtic heard that the Dayton Toy Drive had already received 60 applications from families in need of gifts for their children, they came up with a creative way to help.

Road Report as of November 5, 2010. The following information applies to the period of November 8-14, 2010:

The Roop Street widening project is continuing and is expected to be completed by the end of 2010. The following impacts are expected this week:

• Roop Street is closed from William Street to Stewart Street through the completion of the project.
• William Street will have intermittent lane closures at Roop Street on Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. for westbound traffic.

Construction near the intersection of Northridge Drive and Russell Way in Carson City prompted a Carson Now reader to ask what kind of work is being done in the area.

The reader writes: "What is going on with the protected wetlands area north of Northridge Street between the freeway to the east and behind the houses on Eastridge to the west? It looks like they are trying to fill it in with dirt with the equipment that arrived this morning. All public access was closed off as of Monday. Please investigate and report."

By Nevada News Bureau staff
CARSON CITY – Nevada’s highway system ranked 15th among the states in 2008 for performance and cost effectiveness, an improvement of three spots from the prior year, according to a national report released this month by the Reason Foundation.
In first place was North Dakota. Rhode Island ranked 50th.

In an effort to fulfill a need to keep homeowners up-to-date in this ever-changing and challenging economy, Homeowner Talk, a public television show and online resource was launched earlier this year. The show features several guests with a variety of expertise including: landscaping, insurance, finance, and foreclosures. New episodes have been planned and will air in September, October and November.

In an effort to fulfill a need to keep homeowners up-to-date in this ever-changing and challenging economy, Homeowner Talk, a public television show and online resource was launched earlier this year. The show features several guests with a variety of expertise including: landscaping, insurance, finance, and foreclosures. New episodes have been planned and will air in September, October and November.