Nevada County Public Works

May 29, 2017 – Beginning this week, Stage 1 of emergency work will begin to repair a significant slide on the southbound lane of Brunswick Road south of East Bennett and Greenhorn Roads. Welco Engineering will be on site to drill and install a series of horizontal drains that will remove excess ground water and […]

April 17, 2017 – Governor Brown’s transportation funding package (SB-1 Beall) cleared the Legislature late last week and will result in increased funding for city and county roads statewide.  Nevada County expects to receive $3.8 million per year, increasing the available funding for Road Maintenance and Improvement activities. Although Nevada County has continuously rated as […]

March 17, 2017 – With dry weather the past two weeks, County road crews have been able to make good progress addressing the January and February storm damage and other issues on Nevada County roads. In addition to numerous storm damage repairs and customer service requests, the following road work and activity is underway throughout […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. March 17, 2017 – Portions of Old Downieville Highway are tentatively scheduled for closure on March 20-21 to all thru traffic including vehicle, bicycle and foot traffic due to tree falling on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) properties in that area. The proposed work and road closures may be rescheduled due to […]

NEVADA CITY, Calif. February 27, 2017 – Today, Nevada County staff and soils engineers inspected the recent slide area in the Cascade Shores neighborhood near Mountain View Drive and Pasquale Road. Due to additional soil movement in the area, damage to several homes was observed. Owners of the effected homes have been advised as to […]

February 24, 2017 – There has been additional damage to western Nevada County roads due to the storms this past week.  Near the town of Washington, Maybert and Washington Roads have sustained additional damage and are being monitored. In Nevada City, temporary repairs on Cooper Road have provided limited accessibility by 4-wheel drive only north […]

January 20, 2017 – The recent deluge of heavy rain events have caused significant damage for the County’s 560 miles of maintained roads. Initial damage assessments completed by the Nevada County Department of Public Works have estimated necessary repairs at more than $1.2 million dollars and may take upwards of 8 weeks to complete. Maybert […]

January 13, 2017 – Impact from the atmospheric river event kept a variety of County operations busy all week long and will continue well into next week and possibly longer. A summary of events and impact are as follows: The Office of Emergency Services (OES) reported: The Town of Truckee requested assistance for a warming […]

January 11, 2017 – Earlier this afternoon, the Nevada County Department of Public Works re-opened Banner Quaker Hill near Cascade Shores. A 120-foot tall dead tree located on private property near the roadway recently split at its base and showed signed of falling onto the roadway during the recent heavy storm activity. Due to the […]

October 3, 2016 – Gold Country Stage will provide FREE FARES for all riders on all routes Friday, October 7th and Saturday, October 8th, 2016.  The free service is funded through a Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP) air quality grant that provides public transit funding assistance to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. All Routes will […]

WASHINGTON, Calif. August 26, 2016 – Nevada County is expected to begin construction in the Town of Washington on the Maybert Road Bridge at Canyon Creek beginning on August 29, 2016. The project is scheduled for completion on or before December 20, 2016. The bridge is expected to be closed to the public during this […]