Delays on Highway 50 not completely a thing of the past

While the bulk of the construction on Highway 50 in South Lake Tahoe is done, that doesn’t mean all the work associated with it is.

Today through Oct. 28 the sidewalks between Trout Creek and Rufus Allen Boulevard will be worked on. This means some delays for motorists as well as not being able to turn where you want to.

It's 2011 and South Lake Tahoe is finally getting curbs and gutters. Photo/LTN

The filters to trap the sediment before it reaches Lake Tahoe will be in the ground by the end of the month. One is by the Alta Mira Building and the other is at Campground by the Lake.

Southwest Gas expects to wrap up paving at Al Tahoe and Pioneer Trail, and the work at Park Avenue by Wednesday.

The reason these projects were done at the same time is the gas main on Highway 50 had to be relocated to Pioneer Trail to accommodate widening the highway.

The separate project at Lakeview Commons – across from the campground at the corner of the highway and Lakeview Avenue – will be ongoing through October. An extension from TRPA and Lahontan Water Board is allowing the work to go past the normal Oct. 15 deadline to stop moving dirt in the basin.

Lakeview Avenue will be closed Oct. 18-19 for grinding and paving.

Caltrans crews will be back in 2012 to keep working on the Highway 50 project, but it’s anticipated Pioneer Trail will be open.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report