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Empire Corridor Improvements – Weekly Update September 23, 2021

By Mike Whitter | September 23, 2021

NE Purcell Blvd and NE Butler Market Roundabout Nears Completion Thank you for your interest in the Empire Corridor Improvements Project.  You may unsubscribe at any time by replying “unsubscribe” to the email. Intermittent work continues at the intersections of NE Wild Rivers Loop, NE Cradle Mountain Way, NE Purser Avenue and NE Castle Avenue for the next few weeks.

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Roundabouts (RABs) have been proven to safely decrease traffic delays and congestion.

By Mike Whitter | September 22, 2021
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Roundabout Revolution: The history of Bend’s love/hate relationship with RABs

By Mike Whitter | September 21, 2021

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

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