Slow down through College area

Carson City and state transportation officials have one piece of advice for people cruising around Carson: Avoid College Parkway.

If you can't avoid the area, slow down.

College Parkway from Hot Springs Road to Research Way will be closed through Friday. Construction crews moving utility lines are moving their utility work from the south side of College Parkway to the north side of the road.

Traffic will be routed from Hot Springs Road to Goni Road or Research Way back to College Parkway. After Friday, traffic should be open with one lane of traffic in each direction on the south side of the road.

Because there are only two lanes of traffic, city construction manager John Benzing said no left turns are allowed from College Parkway onto Emerson Drive. Benzing said it has caused some confusion among motorists, which causes traffic to back up. He suggested Northgate as an alternative north or south route from College Parkway.

Work constructing two left-turn lanes on Goni Road is almost finished. City engineer Harvey Brotzman said Goni will probably be closed for a couple of days at the beginning of the week in the daytime as crews install traffic signal equipment. That project will be done this week, Brotzman said.

Expect traffic controls and minor delays on Bonanza Drive, Arrowhead Drive, Northgate Lane and Emerson Drive as trucks will be crossing the roads in the freeway right of way.

Scott Magruder, Nevada Department of Transportation spokesman, said construction crews working in the right of way remain concerned about children playing in the right of way.

Magruder said most of the right of way is being fenced to keep children from the construction zone, but motorists still need to watch for them on the streets. Speeding traffic has been a problem in the area, he said.

"We're concerned because there are kids out here playing, there's heavy equipment and people are speeding," he said. "Slow down. It is a construction area, so people need to be cautious."