Carson Bypass: Conveyor belt starts hauling dirt up Spooner highway soon

In a few days, a huge conveyor belt system will begin moving thousands of tons of dirt from the south end of the Carson City Bypass alongside U.S. 50 toward Spooner Summit.Will Hellickson of Road and Highway Builders said the system will dramatically reduce the impact of the final phase of the bypass project on drivers on U.S. 395 and Highway 50. Without it, he said, the only way to remove the dirt from the right of way would be by the truckload.“If we had to do this with hauling trucks, i