Transportation News




Weekly Road and Traffic Report for the week of July 16 – 22 Special Events: 
  • Summer Fest, July 13 – 15, will take place in Old Downtown Bend and will close the following streets:
    • Friday
      • Minnesota Avenue between Bond Street and Lava Road
      • Oregon Avenue betweenWall Street and Bond Street
    • Saturday – Sunday
      • Wall Street between Greenwood Avenue and Franklin Avenue
      • Oregon Avenue between Brooks Street and Bond Street
      • Oregon Avenue between Bond Street and Lava Road
      • Minnesota Avenue between Wall Street and Bond Street
      • Minnesota Avenue between Bond Street and Lava Road
  • Deschutes Dash, July 14 from 6 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., will have significant impact on Century Drive and Columbia Street, please follow detours and flagger directions, road closures with local access only:
    • Century Drive between Skyline Ranch Road and Reed Market Road
    • Century Drive between Reed Market Road and Colorado Avenue
    • Colorado Avenue Century Drive and Columbia Street
    • Columbia Street between Colorado Avenue and Shevlin Hixon Drive
 
For the week of:July 16 – 22  
  • Mt. Washington Drive between Shevlin Park Road and Chandler Avenue for pavement milling, road closures with detours, 7/18/18 – 7/19/18, night work from 7 p.m. – 6 a.m.
  • Butler Market Road between Huettl Lane and Rumgay Lane for roadway improvements, northbound lane shift into center lane, 7/16/18 – 7/17/18 and 7/23/18 – 7/25/18, 6:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  • Staats Street between Kansas Avenue and Colorado Avenue for asphalt sand sealing, road closure with detour, 7/17/18, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Georgia Avenue between Broadway Street and Lava Road for asphalt sand sealing, road closure with detour, 7/18/18, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
 
Ongoing Closures:

  • Mt. Washington Drive between Shevlin Park Road and Chandler Avenue for milling and paving, road closures with detours, 7/22/18 – 7/27/18, night work from 7 p.m. – 6 a.m.
  • Neff Road between Purcell Boulevard and Shepard Road for pedestrian refuge island replacement, center and eastbound lane closures with flaggers, 7/23/18 – 7/24/18, 6 a.m. – 6 p.m.
  • 14th Street between Galveston Avenue and Newport Avenue for work on the 14th Street Reconstruction Project, full road closure (southbound and northbound lanes) with detours in place. For project and detour info: www.bendoregon.gov/14thstreeet.
  • Roosevelt Avenue between Silver Lake Boulevard and Taft Avenue for water main replacement, road closure with local traffic access only, detours marked for thru traffic,anticipated end in early August. For project and detour info: www.bendoregon.gov/government/departments/utilities/capital-projects/roosevelt-water-main-replacement-project-phase-2.
  • Egypt Drive between 18th Street and Ranch Village Drive for City of Bend Egypt Water Line Project, road and lane closures, 6/15/18 – 8/26/18.
    • Access to Rockridge Park will be maintained by entering on the west side of Egypt Drive off of Ranch Village Drive, starting on July 10th.
 
Upcoming Closures:
 
 
Work schedules are dependent on weather conditions and other factors.
 
Contact: Kyle Thomas, Construction Manager
541-323-8519, kthomas@bendoregon.gov

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City Accessibility Improvement Projects 

The City of Bend established the Barrier Removal Request process in 2004 to allow citizens to identify barriers to access in our community. Missing sidewalk and curb ramps in your neighborhood were identified through this process and then prioritized by volunteer members of the City of Bend Accessibility Advisory Committee (COBAAC) and the Central Oregon Coalition for Access (COCA). Based on this effort, the city has planned approximately 51 curb ramps and 1,500 feet of sidewalk and a limited number of driveways will be constructed or repaired between March and July of this year (2018).  See the map below for a visualization of the work planned in Mountain View for 2018.
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The City’s Project Engineer/Manager for this work is Rory Rowan. He can be contacted at 541-388-5575 or at rrowan@bendoregon.gov. For general accessibility questions, including how to submit a Barrier Removal Request, please contact the City’s Accessibility Manager Karin Morris at 541-693-2141 or at kmorris@bendoregon.gov.

City of Bend - Street Preservation Project

The City Council approved nearly $5 million worth of street preservation work that will be done this summer. The map below is a map of the Streets and Operations Department’s plans to use the most cost-effective methods to keep the City’s good roads in good condition. More information can be found on the city website here.

City Wide Transportation Advisory Committee

The Citywide Transportation Advisory Committee is charged with providing recommendations related to updates of the Transportation System Plan (TSP) and Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP). The committee will also provide policy recommendations to the City Council on a variety of transportation-related policies and funding strategies to support the Council Goal for transportation: “Move people and products around Bend efficiently, safety and reliably.” The next CTAC meeting is scheduled for:
Where: Trinity Episcopal Church, 469 NW Wall Street, Bend OR 97701
When: Thursday, July 19, 2018
Time: 2-5:00 p.m. 

All meetings are open to the public, with an opportunity for public comment.
​More information on the latest regarding the committee can be found on the city website here.