Highway 50 over Echo Summit tentatively set to re-open today
Weather and conditions permitting, U.S. Highway 50 over Echo Summit, the main artery into South Lake Tahoe and onto Carson City is tentatively set to re-open early this afternoon, according to Caltrans. The road was closed May 11 to remove and replace a damaged rock wall barrier.
The highway should be open with no controls every weekend, including Memorial Day Weekend, May 28-30. The construction project to replace a rock wall barrier has reached the point providing one-way, alternating-lane controlled access weekdays for up to six weeks. Click here for updates.
After last weekend's late spring snowstorm which dumped 9 inches of snow at Echo Summit and temporarily stopped work, crews were able to resume Monday.
“If we make it past the rapture, everything’s a go for summer, especially with the warmer weather,” said Carol Chaplin, executive director of the Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority. “We’re in prime position to satisfy the pent-up demand for outdoor sports, recreation and relaxing – it’s our No. 1 pastime.”
The project is funded using $1.9 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 money.
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