For the Week of January 6 – January 12:

• Awbrey Butte Waterline Improvements Project, Phase 2 – 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.
  • Portland Avenue from Ninth Street to First Street: Full road closure and local access only lasting through winter. Detour to use Ninth Street to Newport Avenue to Wall Street.
  • Cascade Natural Gas coming in week of Dec. 30 to relocate gas line in intersection of Fifth Street and Portland Avenue within K&E closure.

• Midtown Crossing Project (Second Street work) – A multiphase project that will replace the water main from Greenwood Avenue to Franklin Avenue in preparation Midtown Crossing Project for the full reconstruction occurring next spring. Phase 2 – 4 occurs from Oct. 21 – Spring 2025. Northbound lane closure with local access will occur in its entirety. Current road section work listed below. For more information, visit the Midtown Crossing Project website.
  • Second Street between NE Irving Avenue and NE Greeley Avenue.

• NW Harriman Street between NW Kearney Avenue and NW Greenwood Avenue for infrastructure work associated with the Deschutes County Courthouse, full road closure, began July 24.

• Intersection of Bear Creek Road and Pettigrew Road will have power pole replacements, four-way flagging of the intersection, Jan. 6 –17.

• NE Ninth Street between Woodland Pond Park and SE Glenwood Drive and SE Ninth Street between SE Glenwood Drive and SE Textron Drive for aerial cable pulling associated with Lumen, partial road closure and flaggers for pedestrians, 9 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. Jan. 7 only.

Future Road Closures:

• 62915 18th Street near Redside Court for utility work, work along shoulder, Jan. 15-17.

• SE 15th Street between SE Bronzewood Avenue and S Suntree Street for utility work, work along shoulder, Jan. 21-24.

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:

Alex Pelayo, Project Engineer

541-323-8556, apelayo@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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