Transportation
CENTRAL OREGON DAILY NEWS, Tuesday, September 21st 2021
The “Roundabout Revolution” in Bend started with a single intersection on Century Drive and a traffic control concept borrowed from Europe..
It was the city’s first roundabout and Oregon’s first roundabout, built in 1999.
“We were a small enough city at that time, just under 50,000,” says City Traffic Engineer Robin Lewis. “We didn’t have any traffic
This year, City street crews improved 74.5 lane miles in Bend. With the City’s ‘keep good roads good’ philosophy, work focused on using the right treatment at the right time to be cost-effective and maintain public roads. Read the season’s street preservation highlights here. To learn more about Bend’s street preservation practices visit bendoregon.gov/streetpreservation.
September 16, 2021
NE Purcell Blvd and NE Butler Market Roundabout to be Completed in October
Due to a COVID outbreak, the opening of the new roundabout has been delayed and is now slated for October.
Intermittent work will occur at the intersections of NE Wild Rivers Loop, NE Cradle Mountain Way, NE Purser Avenue and NE Castle Avenue for
Summary from Transportation Mobility Department: To help us gain a better understanding of local residents’ bike riding experiences in our community as we travel along this path towards a truly multimodal transportation system, we would greatly appreciate your help by taking a public survey hosted for the City of Bend by the League of American Bicyclists. The City has applied