Carson City and Lake Tahoe area road report for the week of Oct. 5-11

Here is this week’s Carson City area road report for the week of Oct. 5-11, 2015. The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue bridge maintenance on the Carson City Freeway (I-580) with nightly lane closures and intermittent on and off ramp closures during weeknights from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m.

NDOT will continue paving operations on I-580 in Washoe Valley. Beginning Friday, Oct. 9, at 8 p.m., through Monday, Oct. 12, at 5:30 a.m., there will be a lane closure in both directions of I-580 from the Eastlake Boulevard interchange to the Bowers Mansion Road interchange.

Oregon Street will continue to be closed Monday through Thursday to through traffic between Roop Street and Wright Way. Detours will be signed, and access to the DMV will be available from Wright Way off of Stewart Street.

Race Track Road will continue to be closed between Bigelow Drive and Schulz Drive due to utility work. Detours will be signed.

The intersection of Cochise Street and Overland Street, as well as Overland Street between Cochise Street and Voltaire Street, will be closed to through traffic Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Detours will be signed.

Utility work will continue Monday through Thursday at the following locations:
— Shoulder work on Washington Street between Ormsby Boulevard and Mountain Street.
— Bulette Drive and Bunker Hill Drive will both be closed at Washington Street during daytime hours. Detours will be signed.
— The north shoulder of Snyder Avenue between Oak Street and Bigelow Drive.
— Near the north shoulder of Applegate Way and the east shoulder of Imperial Way (Monday-Friday).

There will be work on the east side of Hillview Drive just north of Appion Way. Minimal delays are expected.

Due to sidewalk improvements, there will be lane closures at the following locations:
— Long Street between Carson Street and Stewart Street.
— The outside northbound lane on Carson Street between Park Street and Long Street.
— Fall Street at Long Street.
— Peters Street at Long Street.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will continue construction of drainage improvements on U.S. Highway 50 West between the two truck ramps (just west of U.S. 395 to Sierra Highlands Drive). There will be lane closures Monday through Friday, but the roadway will remain open to traffic in both directions.

Clear Creek Avenue remains closed to through traffic between Lynette Lane and Center Drive due to utility work. Detours are signed and the JAC bus stop on Clear Creek Avenue is temporarily relocated near the intersection of Frontage Road and Clear Creek Avenue.

Work on the construction of the Carson City Freeway continues. Please use caution in the areas around the construction site, particularly along S. Carson Street.

Utility work will continue during daytime hours, Monday through Thursday, with flagger controlled traffic at the following locations:

— Intersection of Fleischmann Way and Division Street will be closed. Detours signed.
— Fleischmann Way between Mountain Street and Division Street.
— Mountain Street between Fleischmann Way and Long Street.
— Long Street between Mountain Street and Division Street.
— Division Street between John Street and Long Street. Local access only. Detours signed.
— Sierra Circle.
— Hillside Way.
— Miller Way.
— Pine View Way.
— Lane Circle.

Along Highway 50 westbound, work continues on a $1.2 million road project to reduce erosion, preserve water quality and enhance storm drains along Highway 50 in south Carson City and west along Spooner Grade.

Plans include replacing more than 50 storm drains and drop inlets, as well as enhance roadside slopes and curb and gutter on Highway 50 from the South Carson Street at Spooner junction to Tahoe Golf Club Drive, around 4.5 miles west along Highway 50.
As the project progresses, single lane closures with minimal travel delays are to be expected on Highway 50. Motorists are asked to obey traffic controls and drive at posted construction speed limits, or slower as necessary for conditions. The project will finish this fall.

On the California side of the Sierra, the following Caltrans road projects are ongoing Monday to Sept. 10, throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin and Sierra:

State Route 89 (Placer County): Work continues on a $70.1 million project from Tahoma to the "Y" junction with State Route 28 in 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 (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 in some locations, and resurfacing a nearly 7-mile stretch of the highway. The project will be completed this fall.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work continues on an $8 million project from Meeks Creek to Wilson Avenue in Tahoma, installing curb and gutter and drainage systems to collect and treat stormwater. The highway will also be resurfaced. The project will be completed this fall.

State Route 89 (El Dorado County): Work continues on a $25 million project from the "Y" junction with U.S. Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe to Cascade Road, north of Camp Richardson. Curb, gutter and sidewalks will be added in the 1.1-mile four-lane section, and the highway will be widened in the two-lane section to Visitor Center Road to provide 4-foot paved shoulders on each side. Drainage systems are also being built and the roadway will be resurfaced. Completion is expected by spring 2017.

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 is installing curb and gutter, sidewalks, roundabouts, lighting and drainage systems to enhance pedestrian and bicycle mobility, improve safety and provide water-quality improvements.

State Route 267 (Placer County): Work continues on a $5.2 million project to grind, pave and make drainage improvements to a nearly seven-mile stretch of State Route 267 from just north of Schaffer Mill Road to Brockway Summit. Completion is expected by the end of September.

State Route 49 (El Dorado County): Work continues on an $8.4 million project to repave an 11-mile section of State Route 49 from Cool to Coloma. Most of the paving will use cold-in-place recycling in which the existing pavement is ground up and reused and then an asphalt overlay is placed on top of it. Rocks have also been added to some shoulder areas for erosion control and guard rail replaced. Completion is expected this fall.

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.

State Route 89 (Placer/Nevada County) at the Union Pacific Railroad undercrossing south of Interstate 80: Nicknamed the “Mousehole” project, work continues to construct a pedestrian and bicycle tunnel under the Union Pacific Railroad adjacent to the existing SR 89 undercrossing and construct a Class I paved trail along the east side of SR 89 between Deerfield Drive and West River Street.