Silver and Snowflake Festival tops Carson City road report
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
— North Nevada Street from West Musser Street to West King Street
Meanwhile, the Roop Street widening project will continue and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. 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.
NDOT 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.
As a result of the next phase of the NDOT project on the freeway, Koontz Lane will be closed between Raglan Circle and Edmonds Drive until January 2011. In addition, southbound traffic on Edmonds Drive at Koontz Lane will continue to experience a lane shift and temporary traffic control for the next several weeks as the connection of Koontz Lane to Edmonds Drive is constructed. This lane shift will be in effect from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. during weekdays.
Saliman Road will be reduced to one lane in the southbound direction between Colorado Street and Sonoma Street and Heather Way is closed at Saliman Road because of sidewalk improvements.
Construction will continue near the intersection of Northridge Drive and Russell Way for the Fulstone Wetlands Enhancement project. Work will be off-street, but there may be occasional delays due to construction activity. Pedestrians are advised to use the sidewalk on the south side of Northridge Drive.
There will be utility work along Goni Road between College Parkway and Old Hot Springs Road. Goni Road will remain open, but there may be occasional short delays.