NDOT has dedicated approximately $15 million to enhancing traffic safety by stabilizing roadside slopes to reduce rockslide and other erosion in U.S. 50 at Tahoe. The majority of U.S. 50 roadside ...

Matching the barriers to the colors of Cave Rock, a tower of granite that straddles Highway 50 between Glenbrook and Zephyr Cove, increased the cost of the project by about $700,000, Magruder said.

That’s why Devin Cartwright of NDOT — who presented to South Lake Tahoe City Council Tuesday, Feb. 16 — said a 60-foot tunnel expansion, including a rock-fall shelter, is planned on the north side of ...