Brian Fultz, with Fultz Engineering, told the Fish Camp Planning Advisory Council that work to expand Highway 41 for the Silvertip development will begin after receiving Caltrans approvals and is scheduled to start Monday, with tree work followed by excavation of a rock slope between Fish Camp Lane and Bridal.

Fultz said the Highway 41 portion will use a single-lane reversal traffic control plan during weekday work hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with no weekend work. He estimated the Highway 41 work will take two to three months, with completion likely by July; additional grading on the project site is planned later in the summer and fall.

The contractor will also perform a small amount of work on Fish Camp Lane, including paving up to the first entrance near the post office, and build a parking lot where the former gas station stood. Fultz said the project will relocate the general store entrance to the north side of the building because the current entrance sits in the Caltrans right-of-way.

The postmistress raised concerns about heavy equipment and trucks parking or blocking the post office driveway; Fultz said he would address staging and access to avoid blocking post office traffic.

Fultz said traffic delays through the work zones are expected to be short — typically five to 10 minutes — but acknowledged that reversing traffic can produce backups in heavy visitor periods. He said Caltrans issues lane-closure approvals week by week and may restrict work on holidays. Project staff said they will install flagging and may use message boards to warn approaching traffic where appropriate.