TTD maps out transportation plan for basin

The Tahoe Transportation District board of directors approved an eight-year vision to complete a transportation system connecting communities around the lake as well as with Truckee.

Goals include completing the Fanny Bridge project in Tahoe City, the loop road on the South Shore and a ferry that would take people between the south and north shores. The only one of these projects that is approved and has funding is Fanny Bridge, which calls for the realignment of Highway 89.

“Providing dependable, safe, affordable, environmentally friendly and easy to use transportation that connects communities throughout the basin is essential to the economic health of the Lake Tahoe region,” said Carl Hasty, TTD district manager, said in a statement.

The district is also on course to take over BlueGo, the South Shore bus system, starting Nov. 1.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report