As reported from the Sacramento Bee, here our traffic alerts you may want to know about if you are out and about this weekend.
May 14, 2011
The Amgen Tour of California's first stage circles Lake Tahoe 1 1/2 times Sunday, with the race starting in South Lake Tahoe and concluding at the Northstar-at-Tahoe Resort.
Rolling road closures: Roads on the Tahoe route will close about 30 minutes before the cyclists pass.
Highway 50 closed: Caltrans has closed the route for at least two weeks due to a construction project at Echo Summit. Travelers are advised to take Interstate 80 or the official detour on highways 88 and 89.
Sacramento street closure: In preparation for Stage 2 on Monday, 10th Street will close between L and N streets at 8 a.m. on Sunday.
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The Elk Grove Police Department will combat drunk driving over the next two weeks with a sobriety checkpoint next Friday and several roving DUI saturation patrols, one of which will be deployed today, according to a department news release.
The department's traffic bureau will conduct the sobriety checkpoint from 8 p.m. May 20 until 3 a.m. the next morning, at an undisclosed location within Elk Grove city limits, according to the release. Officers will also check driver's licenses.
DUI saturation patrols will also be deployed May 13, 14, 21 and 27, the release states.
Over the last three years, six Elk Grove residents have died in DUI collisions, and 111 residents have been injured in 88 DUI crashes, the release states.
Funding for the checkpoint and saturation patrols is provided through a DUI Enforcement and Awareness Grant made available by the California Office of Traffic Safety, through the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, according to the release.