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Agency official outlines South Lake Tahoe's 2025 road rehabilitation plan
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An agency official described the 2025 road rehabilitation project in South Lake Tahoe as a structural rebuild that places 8 inches of aggregate base under 4 inches of asphalt, explained five prioritization criteria, listed streets paved in the program, and said related utility and storm-drain repairs were completed during July'September 2025.
An agency official described South Lake Tahoe's 2025 road rehabilitation project as a structural rebuild, saying the work adds 8 inches of aggregate base beneath 4 inches of asphalt to extend pavement life.
"So this year, we started adding 8 inches of aggregate base underneath 4 inches of asphalt which will greatly extend the life of our pavements in town," the agency official said.
The official said the city uses five criteria to prioritize streets for the program. The first is the Pavement Condition Index (PCI), a 0'100 rating that ranks roadways; lower PCI scores in the failed or poor range are targeted. The second is utility work: roads that already have been trenched by utilities and do not have future trenching planned are prioritized to avoid re-opening new pavement.
The third criterion is vehicular and bicycle traffic; the official said the city prioritizes roads with higher levels of use so the paving benefits more residents and travelers. The fourth is finding groupings of streets in neighborhoods so contractors can work contiguously and reduce mobilization costs. The fifth is equity: officials aim to rotate projects so the same neighborhood is not resurfaced year after year.
Streets paved as part of the 2025 project included Herbert Avenue, War Road, Red Lake Road, Aloha Road, Hobart Road, Woodland Road and Walkup Road. The official said the neighborhood had not been paved in many years and was overdue for resurfacing.
The official also said the work addressed related water and sewer replacement activity in the area and repaired numerous failed or undersized storm drains, which were restored to working condition.
The Aloha Basin portion of the work was identified as part of the Upper Bijou Park Creek Watershed Project, described as a water-clarity effort intended to help provide lake clarity for Lake Tahoe and to address algal blooms.
Construction on the 2025 road rehabilitation project began in July 2025 and was completed in September 2025, the official said.
