Expect delays in Cave Rock starting Monday

For one week Highway 50 near Cave Rock will be reduced to one lane starting Sept. 11.

The Nevada Department of Transportation will be removing the wire mesh placed over the Cave Rock rockface.

“The wire mesh was placed over the rockface approximately three years ago as a temporary measure to help capture rockfall before reaching the roadway. The wire mesh was planned as a temporary, interim safety measure. With the tunnel extension constructed last year to reduce rockfall onto westbound travel lanes, the wire mesh is no longer needed and is being removed,” Meg Ragonese with NDOT told Lake Tahoe News.

Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction around the clock through the end of the week.

— Lake Tahoe News staff report