For the Week of May 13 – 19:

• Bend Bike Night – This special event will include bike safety courses and demonstrations. The event will close off various City Streets (listed below). Event to take place May 13 from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. Learn more at bendoregon.gov/bike-night.
  • Mount Washington Drive between NW High Lakes Loop and NW Clearwater Drive.
  • NW Crossing Drive between NW Clearwater Drive and NW Fort Clatsop Street
  • NW Charbonneau Street between NW York Drive and NW Ordway Avenue

• Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvements Project, Phase 1 – This project will provide water distribution system upgrades to the Awbrey Butte area with eight interrelated water improvement subprojects. For more information, visit the Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvements Project website.
  • Saginaw Avenue: Local access only from College Way to West Hills Avenue.
  • Mount Washington Drive and Shevlin Park Road roundabout: Partial Closure May 14 through June for roundabout reparation.
    • Phase 1 closure May 14 through May 23.
    • Northbound Mount Washington Drive closed south of roundabout.
    • Eastbound Shevlin Park Road closed east of roundabout.

• Portland Avenue between NW Juniper Avenue and NW 12th Street will have a water service installation, single lane closure with flagging, May 13 – 17, 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

• SE Wilson Avenue between SE Bridgeford Boulevard and SE Manley Place for a Telecommuncations installation, single lane closure with lane shift into turn lane, May 13.

Ongoing Closures:

• Silver Sage Sewer Project – The yearly project includes installing gravity sewer mains and sewer laterals to allow properties to decommission their septic systems and connect to the public sewer system. Starting on May 6, 2024: Silver Sage Street, Benham Road between Murphy Road and Rae Road, Concho Street, Loy Lane and the north-end of Tapadera Street will be closed with tentative plans for reopening in mid-October 2024. Project began May 1, 2024. For more information, visit the Silver Sage Sewer Project webpage.

• Knott Road between SE 15th Street and Raintree Court for a watermain relocation, single lane closure with flagging, began April 8.

• Parrell Road between Badger Road and Rae Road for a sewer main installation, full road closure with detour, April 8 – May 17.

• Brosterhous Road between Kobe Street and Frankie Lane will have a sewer main installation, full road closure with detour, began April 29 – May 17.

• Brosterhous Road between Button Brush Avenue and Songbird Lane for frontage improvements, single lane closures with flagging and possible lane shifts, began April 3.

• Pinehaven/Woodhaven Sewer Project – The yearly project includes installing gravity sewer mains and sewer laterals in order to allow properties to decommission their septic systems and connect to the public sewer system. Full road closures with local access along the full length Pinehaven and Woodhaven Avenues. Project began March 11. For more information, visit the Pinehaven and Woodhaven Sewer Project webpage.

• SW 18th Street between SW Simpson Avenue and SW Forest Ridge Avenue for infrastructure improvements, full road closure with detour, began March 25.

• Jamison Street between Empire Avenue and Poe Scholes Drive for a gas main relocation, full road closure with detour, began March 25.

• Bend North Corridor, ODOT Project – Infrastructure improvements along Highway 97 from Empire Avenue to Grandview Drive. Highway 97 will also be realigned to allow free flowing movement. Various types of traffic control will be implemented during construction. Expect additional delays throughout this segment of the corridor. Expected to be completed by the end of 2024.
  • Empire Avenue onramp northbound will be redirected toward the newly built Highway 97 and connected to the existing Highway 97 at Robal Road, began April 8.

• Cooley Road between Highway 20 and Hunnel Road for infrastructure and roadway improvements, full road closure with detour, began Dec. 26.

• Wilson Corridor Improvements Project – Street improvements on Wilson Avenue from Second Street to 15th Street. For more information visit the Wilson Project website. This is a multiphase project with various intersections and road closures throughout its entirety.
  • Wilson Avenue between SE Second Street and SE Third Street has a westbound closure with detour.
  • Wilson Avenue between SE Third Street and SE Fourth Street has a full road closure with detour.
  • Beginning Feb. 8, there will be no left turn lanes in any direction at this intersection.
  • Third Street traffic will be shifted to one lane between SE Railroad Street SE Taft Avenue. Please note, blue cones are directing business access.

Work schedules are dependent on weather conditions and other factors. Always exercise increased caution within construction zones. Drivers should use designated detour routes. Nearby residential streets are for local traffic only.

Any road closure not listed within this report, please submit a service request to notify the city of any potentially unpermitted work within City right of way. Please visit the Transportation and Mobility Department to submit.

Contact:

Deedee Fraley, Assistant City Engineer

541-385-6199, dfraley@bendoregon.gov

For Street Preservation related questions:

Paul Neiswonger, Streets Supervisor

541-317-3035, pneiswonger@bendoregon.gov

Closures and detours in Bend are updated weekly at: bendoregon.gov/traffic

Find more information about street operations at: bendoregon.gov/streetpreservation

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