Traffic could be impacted as PG&E completes an electric reliability upgrade project on the Caribou Road. (Photo by Paul Moreno.)
Motorists can expect occasional traffic delays along Caribou Road between Highway 70 and Belden Reservoir while PG&E installs new power lines in Plumas County.
The project will upgrade a 60,000-volt transmission line, which will improve reliability.
From July 31 to about Aug. 14, PG&E crews will work Monday to Saturday, from 8 a.m. to about 4 p.m. daily. Due to PG&E trucks working on the narrow Caribou Road, at times motorists can expect traffic delays of up to 30 minutes during work hours.
PG&E will post signs at Caribou Road and Highway 70, and at Butte Valley Reservoir and Caribou Road advising of possible traffic delays. Flaggers will be working to control traffic.
PG&E is restringing new power lines for the transmission line that runs from the Caribou Powerhouse to near Quincy. PG&E has replaced wooden poles with 182 heavy-duty steel poles and is installing seven miles of new line to increase capacity and improve reliability.