District: District 3 - Marysville
Amarjeet S. Benipal, District Director
Contact: John O’Connell
Phone: (530) 701-9459
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
El Dorado/Placer County – Caltrans is advising motorists of continued traffic-interfering work on State Route 28 and U.S. Highway 50 within the Lake Tahoe Basin next week.
Starting Monday, September 25 emergency work will begin to remove and replace damaged sections of U.S. 50 from Meyers to the Nevada state line. One-way traffic control and lane shifts for bi-directional travel is expected between the Truckee River Bridge and Pioneer Trail, 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday.
Lane shifts for bi-direction travel is also expected along U.S. 50 between Friday Avenue and Al Tahoe Boulevard, 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Friday. Crews will start work westbound and return the following week working eastbound.
Southwest Gas and its contractor, Q&D Construction, will also continue work on a gas line replacement project on Highway 28 between Tahoe City and Kings Beach.
One-way traffic control is scheduled on Highway 28 between Sierra Terrace Road and Rocky Ridge Road from Sunday, September 24 at 7 p.m. until Friday, September 29 at 2 p.m. No work is scheduled on the weekend.
Bi-directional traffic control with a lane shift is scheduled on Highway 28 between the Tahoe State Recreation Area entrance and Mackinaw Road in Tahoe City from Sunday, September 24 at 7 p.m. until Friday, September 29 at 2 p.m. No work is scheduled on the weekend.
One-way traffic control is scheduled on Highway 28 between Agate Road and Granite Road in Carnelian Bay on Tuesday, September 26 and Wednesday, September 27 from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Motorists could encounter delays of up to 30 minutes. All work on road construction projects will be suspended on weekends. 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 @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.
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