LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – Local officials have issued updates on road closures around the county.
The latest report from the Lake County Public Works Department showed that a number of roads have reopened thanks to Clear Lake’s receding flood waters. The lake’s elevation was about 9.5 feet Rumsey on Friday.
The main closure remaining in place is the Nice-Lucerne Cutoff, closed last week due to flood waters over the roadway.
Public Works Director Scott De Leon told the Board of Supervisors this week that the road is expected to remain closed for an extended period of time due to a state-maintained levee that overtopped nearby, allowing the water basin to fill up.
De Leon said the road can’t be reopened until that water drains out of the basin or dries up.
On Friday, Chris and Shannan King reported that they rode their bikes down to the cutoff, encountering deeper water over the roadway than was there last week when the road was closed.
The full list of road closures and advisories for areas around the county follows. Information was compiled from reports from Caltrans, the California Highway Patrol, the Clearlake Police Department, Lake County Department of Public Works and the Lakeport Police Department.
In the map shown on this page, areas marked with the flooding symbol and the red triangle indicate closures; the rockslide icon indicates those areas where there are slides but which remain open.
The map is subject to updating throughout the day as new information becomes available.
CLEARLAKE
All city boat launches remain closed.
Lower Lakeshore Drive at Lakeshore Drive: Closed due to flooding.
CLEARLAKE OAKS
High Valley Road: Road conditions from Brassfield Winery to Bartlett Springs Road is unknown at this time.
Island Drive: Closed from Highway 20 to the bridge due to flooding.
Keys Boulevard: Open but barricades still out around manholes so please drive with caution.
Lake Street: Open but barricades still out around manholes so please drive with caution.
Old Long Valley Road: Open with slide activity.
COBB
Maple Shadows: Closed at the south end from Highway 175 to Parnassus due to culvert failure.
Socrates Mine Road: Road slip out at MPM 3.8. Down to one lane in this area.
LAKEPORT (CITY)
All city boat launches remain closed.
Library Park continues to be closed due to the extreme danger and flood conditions.
City parking lots at Third Street, Fourth Street and Fifth Street are closed.
– Esplanade Street.
– K Street.
– Konocti Avenue.
– Lupoyoma Avenue.
– Helena Avenue.
– Lily Cove Avenue.
– Oak Knoll Avenue.
– E Street.
Lakeshore Boulevard: Closed to all traffic east of Giselman to the north city limit boundary at Beach Lane. Through traffic is encouraged to use the Hartley Road detour via 20th Street. Lakeshore Boulevard across from Jones Street appears to be undermined and may be structurally unsafe. Avoid the area.
LAKEPORT
Hill Road: Closed from Lakeshore Boulevard to Sutter Lakeside Hospital entrance due to mudslides across the roadway.
LOWER LAKE
Morgan Valley Road: Closed at the Lake/Napa line due to numerous trees and mud slides on the Napa County side.
LUCERNE
Bartlett Springs Road: Closed at MPM 15.5 to 18.5 due to mudslides and road base failure.
Twin Valley Road: Closed due to mudslide.
NICE
Lakeshore Boulevard: Closed from Stokes Avenue to Carson Street due to flooding.
Nice-Lucerne Cutoff: Closed from Lakeshore Boulevard to Highway 20 due to flooding.
Stokes Avenue: Closed from Stokes Court to Nice-Lucerne Cutoff due to flooding.
UPPER LAKE
Elk Mountain Road: Closed at MPM 29.6 due to road washout. No estimate of when road will be reopened.
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