SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Driving on roads in Anytown, USA will uncover potholes and roads in need of repair, especially after wet winters. In South Lake Tahoe, locals know first hand the condition of many roads in the community but help is on the way! The Council unanimously approved projects for 2021.
The City of South Lake Tahoe will put three projects out to bid for this year: Lake Tahoe Boulevard from Viking Way to the Y, the entire length of Spruce Avenue and Pioneer Trail from the City Limit to Blackwood Avenue (where last season’s paving project stopped). The estimated cost is $3,697,000. Each street will be milled and receive a four-inch overlay.
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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The Tahoe Prosperity Center (TPC) was dismissed, with prejudice, from the lawsuit brought against the nonprofit, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), Verizon and others to stop a cell tower from being added in South Lake Tahoe.
Plaintiffs Monica Eisenstecken, Ben Lebovitz of Tahoe Stewards LLC, Robert M. Aaron of Tahoe for Safer Tech, and the Wyoming-based Environmental Health Trust had filed the lawsuit after a cell tower was approved on the property of Hansen s Resort near the intersection of Ski Run Boulevard and Saddle Road. The planned cell tower is adjacent to Eisenstecken s property.
OUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The South Lake Tahoe Planning Commission was presented Phase II of the Pioneer Trail Pedestrian Improvement Project, a continuation of the first phase when covered the road from US50 to Larch Avenue in 2013/14. This next phase is about one-half mile long and goes from Larch Avenue to Ski Run Boulevard. Pioneer Trail is used by many pedestrians and bicyclists and the dark stretch that will be addressed in this new phase will create sidewalks, eliminate an intersection, add a bike lane and lighting.
During their meeting Thursday, the commissioners voted to adopt a resolution finding that this project is exempt from CEQA pursuant to Section 15301 and approved the Design Review and Special Use Permit.
Illegal parking at Lake Tahoe Airport. Photo from Jeffrey Spencer.
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Many head to the Sierra to experience snow in all forms, from the ski slopes to sledding and building snowmen. Even during the pandemic and current Stay-at-Home orders in California, area roads were full this past holiday weekend with those seeking play time in the snow.
Each year, law enforcement has to deal with those who seem to have forgotten the laws of being safe on the roadway and parking on the highways, and not observing no parking zone rules.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) from South Lake Tahoe and Placerville were kept busy on US50 at the common hot spots of Echo Summit, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Camp Sacramento, and the stretch from Strawberry to Twin Bridges. Numerous cars were parked all day long in areas were parking is not allowed. They are ticketed, and once one car leaves another is there to take its place.