North Lake Tahoe Highway Project Updates

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State Route 28 Sign

District: District 3 - Marysville
Amarjeet S. Benipal, District Director
Contact: John O’Connell
Phone: (530) 701-9459

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Placer County – Caltrans is advising motorists of continued traffic-interfering work on State Highway 28 in North Lake Tahoe next week.

Southwest Gas and its contractor, Q&D Construction, continue to work on a gas line replacement project on Highway 28 between Tahoe City and Kings Beach. 

One-way traffic control is scheduled between Center Street and Ridgewood Road in Carnelian Bay from Sunday, August 13 at 7 p.m. until Friday, August 18 at 8 a.m. No work is scheduled on the weekend. 

Bi-directional traffic with a lane shift is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, August 14 between Anderson Road and National Avenue in Tahoe Vista. In addition, bi-directional traffic with a lane shift is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, August 15 until Thursday, August 17 between Stag Drive and Estates Drive in Tahoe Vista. No work is scheduled between the hours of 7 p.m. – 7 a.m. and on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

In addition, one-way traffic control is scheduled between Burton Creek Drive and Old County Road from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday, August 15 until Friday, August 18 for pothole repairs.

Motorists could encounter delays of up to 30 minutes on Highway 28. All work on road construction projects will be suspended on weekends and on the Labor Day holiday. 

Schedules are subject to change due to weather, equipment or material availability or other unexpected events.

For more information on the Highway 28 project, visit Southwest Gas: North Lake Tahoe Lateral Pipeline Replacement Project (swgas.com) or call the SWG customer service line at (775) 353-7039. 

Caltrans issues construction and road condition updates on Twitter @CaltransDist3 and on Facebook at CaltransDistrict3.  For real-time traffic information, click on Caltrans’ QuickMap quickmap.dot.ca.gov/ or download the QuickMap app from the App Store or Google Play.