Carson City road report for March 21-27: Downtown plant salvaging Monday and Tuesday

Here is the Carson City area road report for the week of March 21-27: Work will continue on the Downtown Corridor improvement project on Carson Street in the following locations:

— Monday, March 21, Third Street will be closed permanently to traffic.
— There will be closures for most of the week on E. Telegraph and W. Spear Streets.
— Ann and Sophia streets will be closed most of the week.
— N. Carson St. will remain one lane in each direction from Williams to 5th Street.
— Robinson St. will be closed starting on March 22 one block in each direction off of Carson St.

Days of closures subject to change due to weather issues.

Salvaged median plants will be available for pick up on Monday, March 21 after 5 p.m. through Tuesday, March 22. Plants will be available on a first come first serve basis at Third and Curry Street.

For details regarding traffic impacts as a result of the project, please refer to the material provided in local media outlets or go to carsonproud.com for more information. These sources will be updated weekly throughout the duration of the project.

On Monday, March 21, Arrowhead Drive and Hospitality Way will each be closed for a 15-minute period, just east of Carson Street, at some time between 9 a.m. and noon, due to utility work.

Lane closures are expected at the following locations due to utility work:
— Center Drive near Topsy Lane (Monday and Tuesday only).
— Curry Street between Telegraph and Spear Streets (shoulder work Tuesday night only).
— Presti Lane between Medical Parkway and Eagle Valley Ranch Road (shoulder work only).

There will be intermittent lane closures on the south shoulder of King Street near the intersection of Ormsby Boulevard. Minor delays are possible.

There will be periodic lane and ramp closures on southbound I-580 and the southbound Eastlake Boulevard merge lane due to the construction/extension of an auxiliary lane at this location. In addition, the Bellevue Road bridge over I-580 in Washoe Valley will continue to be closed due to maintenance. Detours will be signed.

Through early summer, periodic lane and ramp closures will continue on southbound I-580 and the Alternative U.S. 395/Eastlake Boulevard to southbound I-580 merge lane in the Duck Hill area. The existing merge lane will be extended 2,700 feet to reach Carson Street, providing additional space and safety to merge. Since auxiliary lane construction began, approximately 3,000 cubic yards of material has been excavated as part of construction. Detours are available by taking the Bellevue Road exit to southbound I-580.

The work is part of a project to repave the aging roadway surface, seismically retrofit bridges and make other improvements on Interstate 580 in Washoe Valley. NDOT last fall repaved approximately seven miles of interstate surface through Washoe Valley, with additional paving on remaining stretches of interstate to take place this spring.

The project will also seismically retrofit and enhance the I-580 Bellevue Road bridge and Eastlake Boulevard underpass as part of NDOT’s continuing effort to retrofit older bridges for enhanced safety and stability during potential earthquakes. The approximately $15 million project by Q & D Construction is scheduled to complete in the fall of 2016. Approximately 32,000 vehicles travel I-580 daily in the area.

Elsewhere, a weather system will move into the Sierra bringing wind and some snow showers, according to the National Weather Service.

Winds will increase on Sunday as the next weather system moves into northern California. Rain and snow will reach the northern Sierra late Sunday morning and early Sunday afternoon with snow levels near and above 8,000 feet.

Windy conditions continue into Monday, which will impact high profile vehicles traveling along Highway 395 and I-580. A second period of rain and snow will reach the Lake Tahoe and Sierra by Monday afternoon and Monday evening. Snow may accumulate on roads near and above 6,000 feet. This will slow commute times for those heaving over the passes, according to the weather service.

For road conditions call 1-800-427-7623 for California and 1-877-NV-Roads for Nevada. You can also check road conditions online for Nevada and California. If you have plans to travel through the Sierra be sure to check the latest forecast at weather.gov/Reno and check road conditions with Caltrans and NDOT.

The following from Caltrans is this week’s planned Sierra road work:
Interstate 80 (Placer County) from Brace Road to Magra Road: Work continues on a $36 million project to increase the vertical clearance of nine bridge structures in south Placer County to 16 feet, 6 inches. The vertical clearance will be increased on seven structures by lifting the existing bridge deck and the other two will have the roadway below dug down.

Interstate 80 (Placer County) from Sierra College Boulevard to Newcastle Road: Eastbound and westbound motorists can expect alternating lane closures and on-ramp closures from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. Sunday through Saturday for bridge work. Motorists also can expect one-way traffic control from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday on the Brace, Gilardi, Horseshoe Bar, King, Penryn and Magra overcrossings for bridge work.

Interstate 80 (Placer County) at the Newcastle Road overcrossing: Motorists can expect intermittent full ramp closures to Interstate 80 from 8 p.m. to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday and until 7 a.m. Saturday March 26 for bridge work.

State Route 49 (Sierra County) from Lager Beer Viaduct to .35 miles north of Lager Beer Viaduct: Motorists can expect one way traffic controls for lane closures from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. until May 6 for retaining wall construction.

Interstate 80 – Westbound (Nevada County) at the Boca Bridge/Hirschdale Road interchange: Motorists can expect full ramp closure from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 24 for guardrail repair.

Interstate 80 – Eastbound (Nevada County) from the 80/267/89 separator to the Fibreboard undercrossing: Motorists can expect right lane and right shoulder closures from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday March 22 for guardrail repair.

State Route 89 (Sierra County) from the Little Truckee River Webber Lake/Cottonwood Creek Road: Motorists can expect one-way traffic control from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday March 23 and 24 for crack seal operations.

State Route 20 (Nevada County) from the junction with SR 174 to the WB off ramp to Bennett Street: Motorists can expect left turn lane on the off ramp and lane one of the surface street closures from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday March 21-25 and overnight closures from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday March 21 through 5 a.m. Saturday March 26 for utility work.

State Route 49 (Sierra County) from Rams Horn Campground to Sidehill viaduct: Motorists can expect one way traffic controls for lane and shoulder closures from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday March 21 to March 25 for guardrail work.

State Route 49 (Yuba/Sierra County) from Marysville Road to Yuba Pass summit: Motorists can expect one way traffic controls for lane and shoulder closures from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday March 21 to March 25 for miscellaneous work.

State Route 174 – Westbound (Nevada County) from Ophir Street to Memorial Lane: Motorists can expect alternating lane one way traffic control and right shoulder closures on the local cross streets from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday March 21 to March 25 for utility work.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $57 million project by El Dorado County to construct a new overcrossing over U.S. Highway 50, new on- and off-ramps with signalized intersections, and new bicycle and pedestrian facilities at Silva Valley Parkway in El Dorado Hills.

U.S. Highway 50 (El Dorado County) from Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hills Boulevard to Bass Lake Road: Motorists can expect a full highway closure from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Sunday for blasting. The eastbound # 2, 3 and 4 lanes and westbound # 1 land 2 lanes are scheduled to be closed from 4 a.m. to 9 a.m. and the westbound on-ramp at Bass Lake Road and eastbound on-ramp at Latrobe Road/El Dorado Hills to be closed from 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. A signed detour will be available during the highway closure.

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Lake Forest Road East to Beaver Street: Motorists can expect intermittent highway closures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday for survey work.

State Route 28 (Placer County) from Estates Drive to National Avenue: Westbound motorists can expect the shoulder closed from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday for sewer work.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County) from Scenic Drive to Rubicon Glen Drive: Motorists can expect intermittent highway closures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday for survey work.

State Route 89 (Placer County) from Wilson Avenue to Tahoe Tavern Drive: Motorists can expect intermittent highway closures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday for survey work.

State Route 193 (El Dorado County) at Rock Creek Road: Motorists can expect long-term signalized one-way traffic control for emergency repair work.

State Route 267 (Placer County) from Brockway Summit to Cambridge/Lincoln Green Drive: Motorists can expect intermittent highway closures from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Friday for survey work.