Bend’s busy road work season getting underway

With a busy season of road projects getting started, the city of Bend will be releasing a weekly road and traffic report each Friday to help travelers plan their best routes and make it to their destinations on time.

This is intended to provide information about various projects that are happening within the city on public rights-of-way that impact traffic.

The city’s Private Development Engineering Department coordinates lane and road closures in the rights-of-way from public and private projects.

“It will be a busy summer,” the city said Friday as it released the first weekly update.

The city is planning street preservation projects that will upgrade streets and intersections, and sewer line construction that will disrupt traffic as well.

Sometimes, private development projects also require a lane closure. Cascade Natural Gas is upgrading its lines and will be in the rights of way at times. Occasionally, special events will occur that also require temporary road closures.

The road reports will be released to the media on Friday afternoons, will be posted on the front of the City’s web page, www.bendoregon.gov, and can be delivered to your inbox if you subscribe to enews through www.bendoregon.gov/enews (sign up for General News).

Weekly Road and Traffic Report For the week of: April 18-22

Arizona Avenue lane closure, near the triangular median at Colorado/Arizona left turn lane, for sewer line construction. Detour map attached. April 18-22. Eastbound traffic will be detoured to Industrial Way and Bond Street.
The right turn lane from Industrial Way to Colorado Avenue will be closed and the associated right turn signal will be deactivated.
The sidewalk adjacent to the closed eastbound lanes will also be closed.
The closure will be 24-hours a day.
Closure at roundabout connecting Chandler Avenue, SW Century Drive, and SW Colorado Avenue for sidewalk and ADA curb ramp installation. April 18-19, detours will be marked.
Grand Way full road closure with intersecting turn lanes closed, barricades in place, between NE 27 th Street & Bellevue Drive, for repaving. April 18.
Pettigrew Road lane closure at Pettigrew Place between Azalia Avenue and SE Airpark Drive for curb installation. April 19.
NE Butler Market Road, lane closure, between Rumgay Lane and NE Brinson Boulevard, for curb and sidewalk construction. April 19-20.
Bear Creek Road, lane closures from Purcell Blvd to Dean Swift Road, for paving. April 21.

Ongoing closures:

Murphy Road closed at Parrell Road for the construction of a roundabout. Anticipated completion date: Fall 2016. Detours marked. Info: www.bendoregon.gov/murphyparrell

Ferguson Road, between 15th Street and King Soloman Drive, for sewer line construction. Anticipated completion date:June 13. Detours marked. Info:http://www.bendoregon.gov/index.aspx?page=149

Work schedules are dependent on weather conditions and other factors.

Visit www.bendoregon.gov/streets for information about the 2016 Street Preservation and Maintenance Program.

Visit www.bendoregon.gov/bendprojects for an interactive map and information about City of Bend infrastructure projects.