Wilson Avenue Corridor Project Update – October 14, 2022

SAFETY FIRST

Nighttime paving will take place beginning at 7:00 PM on Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18. Please watch for night work flaggers coordinating traffic control and be prepared for up to 20-minute delays.

Access will be impacted for limited durations (typically less than 20 minutes). The nighttime paving will have a lesser burden on businesses and the traveling public and expedite the completion of the project.

Crews will pave at night through the evenings, with daytime work still taking place.

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – Modernization of 9th Street to 15th Street

October 17 through October 21

• Nighttime paving will take place beginning at 7:00 PM on Monday, October 17 and Tuesday, October 18. 
• Daytime work still taking place as landscape and irrigation work continues. 

Above: Wilson Avenue looking west, October 12, 2022 

Above: Wilson Avenue looking east, October 12, 2022 

An interactive map of closures and detours can be found online at www.bendoregon.gov/traffic.

GENERAL PROJECT NOTES

Westbound traffic will be maintained on Wilson Avenue through October.  

Drivers will have full access, and no significant impacts are anticipated to 15th Street until early March 2023. Construction of the entire project corridor is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2023. 

• Access to all area businesses along the construction area will be maintained.
• Please do not enter the construction zone before, during, or after hours.
• Daytime work hours are in effect from 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM.
• There are many construction projects in the area and throughout the City of Bend. Travel safely. 

PROJECT COMMUNICATIONS

• Please help us in spreading the word to your clients, customers, and delivery personnel regarding detouring and closures. 
• EMS, buses, and many other delivery/service providers have been included on this distribution list.
• Share the project website information (provided below), where others can also sign up for updates.
• Please contact the project team if you are not the correct contact for your organization or if others need to be included.

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

Project Website: www.bendoregon.gov/wilson

Construction Phone Line: (541) 322-9919

Project Contacts

• Sinclair Burr, PE – Project Manager – sburr@bendoregon.gov
• ShanRae Hawkins – Project Public Involvement Coordinator – shanrae@hellostingray.com

The Wilson Avenue Corridor Project is the first Transportation General Obligation (GO) Bond project approved by voters in 2020. To learn about more projects around Bend included in the GO Bond, visit www.bendoregon.gov/gobond.