Signs welcoming people to Tahoe basin to be installed
By the end of summer there will be signs at three of the seven gateways into the Lake Tahoe Basin to let people know where the watershed boundary is.
Contractors are being sought for the project that the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency is overseeing.
This is what the signs entering the Lake Tahoe Basin are likely to look like. Rendering/Provided
“We have been awarded two grants from Nevada agencies to complete the first phase, which includes all three of the Nevada roadways. We used local designers and engineers to develop the sign design and signage plans and have the necessary permits from NDOT and building departments and are ready to begin construction this spring-summer,” Jeff Cowen, TRPA spokesman, told Lake Tahoe News.
The face of the signs will be 6 feet by 8 feet. While they won’t be made of granite, they must look like they are. There is $12,000 budgeted for each sign.
With funds from the Nevada license plate program helping pay for the signs, an image of the plates will be incorporated into the sign design.
The signs will be east of Tramway Drive on Daggett Summit, east of the Tahoe Rim Trail parking lot on Spooner Summit, and at the entrance to Incline Lakes on Mount Rose Highway.
The goal is to find funding to put signs on the California side, too.
— Lake Tahoe News staff report
Should be “Entering Lake Tahoe, Arrive on vacation, leave on probation”.
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Not the worst thing I have seen. But I do not like it!! As you come over the pass of any of the roadways into the Tahoe Basin, look out the front window WOW! Welcome to Lake Tahoe. More signs; Really?
Fake granite? With the intense solar radiation at these cloudless summits, wonder what they will look like in a few decades, a century or so.
These signs are informational only. Where is the welcoming message. What BS.
Why not “Welcome to the Lake Tahoe Watershed?”
What government employee thought of this wording? Was it one of your minions, Joanna?
The plate acknowledging who funded the sign is too bright and tacky–it would look nicer if the plate was granite-color and more subtle. The signs on Emerald Bay Hwy at Valhalla, Tallac Historic Site, and Taylor Creek are all subtle, rustic and complement the environment.