Hwy. 50 on West Slope to be closed Sunday

El Dorado County on Feb. 21 is closing both directions of Highway 50 between El Dorado Hills Boulevard and Bass Lake Road, as well as the Latrobe Road on-ramp to eastbound Highway 50, the Bass Lake Road on-ramp to westbound Highway 50, and White Rock Road between Valley View Parkway and Entrada Circle.

These closures are for blasting operations for the Silva Valley interchange project.

Both directions of Highway 50 traffic will be detoured around the closures via El Dorado Hills Boulevard, Serrano Parkway and Bass Lake Road.

Closures are as follows:

• Eastbound lanes from Latrobe Road to Bass Lake Road will be closed from 6-8am.
• Eastbound on-ramp at El Dorado Hills Boulevard-Latrobe Road will be closed from 4-8am.
• Westbound lanes from Bass Lake Road to El Dorado Hills Boulevard-Latrobe Road will be closed from 6-8am.
• Westbound on-ramp at Bass Lake Road will be closed from 4-8am.