North Highlands drivers who have spent the last year dodging cones and detours on Watt Avenue are finally seeing the light at the end of the construction zone. A major renovation of the corridor is moving into its final stages, as Sacramento County’s Complete Streets rebuild of the roadway links up with SacRT’s overhaul of the Watt/I-80 transit center. Officials say residents will soon be trading lane shifts, median work and temporary bus stops for new bike lanes, landscaped medians and a rebuilt bus plaza that aim to make the stretch safer for drivers, cyclists and transit riders alike.
What’s Being Built
According to Sacramento County, the Complete Street work between I-80 and Roseville Road will bring buffered bicycle lanes in both directions, new…..