Comments are being taken until Feb. 26 regarding a water quality project Caltrans wants to do on Highway 89 on the South Shore on land owned by the U.S. Forest Service.

The project requires a highway easement of 40 feet on either side of the center line.

“The proposed highway easement is not expected to adversely affect the activities, features and attributes of the U.S. Forest Service Pope-Baldwin Recreation Area,” Caltrans documents state.

Click here to read the document.  Then click on the El Dorado County icon.