State to fund stormwater project in South Lake Tahoe
El Dorado County is getting $4.7 million from the California Transportation Commission.
The work will be done in South Lake Tahoe on Highway 50 from Herbert Avenue to Takela Drive. Drainage systems and best management practices will be installed. This includes sediment vaults and a force main to collect and treat stormwater.
The allocation, announced Dec. 6, is part of $306 million being spent on 44 projects. Part of the money — $114 million – is from Proposition 1B, a transportation bond approved by voters in 2006. The remaining $192 million in allocations came from assorted transportation accounts funded by state and federal dollars.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Kae,
Could we have a few details? Is funding to complete the work done on that section of the road during the past 2 years, or is it going to be another example of rebuilding a road and then immediately tearing it up to do work that should have been done before rebuilding the road?
I’d like to provide some clarification on the 12/6 story regarding “State to Fund Stormwater Project in South Lake Tahoe”. The $4.7M is being allocated to the City from the State via cooperative agreement for funding between the City of South Lake Tahoe and Caltrans for the City’s Bijou Area Erosion Control Project. The City’s Project will provide regional stormwater treatment for stormwater runoff from City right-of-way (ROW), Caltrans ROW, and private property. The City and Caltrans have been collaborating on planning and design for treatment of stormwater in this area for the past five years – so this Project represents a great collaborative effort between agencies.
In reference to the comment on whether this project will tear out improvements recently constructed by Caltrans, the Project has been designed specifically to tie into the Caltrans drainage improvements constructed this past summer. The impacts to recently constructed improvements has been minimized to the greatest extent possible, and Caltrans actually installed some of the City’s project improvements this past summer, to minimize tear out impacts.
Thank you for for the clarification and additional information.
Is this the project that was originally going to take out Heidi’s restaurant?