Amador County – The California Department of Transportation announced that a weekday, daily closure for three hours of Highway 88 at Carson Pass will continue for about two months starting next week, for blasting and “slope removal” along the highway, in Alpine County.

Public Information Officer Chantel Miller of the Caltrans District 10 office in Stockton released details of the work plan last week, and issuing a traffic advisory for State Route 88 at Carson Pass in Alpine County. Work begins this week, with delays to be expected, and next week will begin the daily closure.

Miller said Caltrans “will work to repair the mountain slope at the Carson Pass, east of Kirkwood, near Red Lake Road. This project is necessary in order to improve safety at this location by decreasing the rock-fall activity and resulting debris from entering the roadway.”

Beginning Monday, Caltrans crews were to “perform one-way traffic control at the Carson Pass from just west of the National Forest Boundary to just east of the vista point. One-way traffic control will remain in effect for the duration of the project.”

Starting Tuesday, August 2, crews will close the highway daily, Monday through Friday, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. Miller said “blasting and slope removal activities will occur daily during closures. The full closure is necessary to ensure the safety of both workers and motorists. This work is currently scheduled to be completed by the end of September.”

Motorists should expect 15 minute delays during the one-way traffic control and at least two hour delays during the full closures. Alternate routes should be taken whenever possible.

This work is scheduled to begin as listed, but is subject to change based on weather conditions.

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