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City of Bend hosts Olney Ave. pedestrian & bike open house which will enhance above & below ground infrastructure

City of Bend hosts Olney Ave. pedestrian & bike open house which will enhance above & below ground infrastructure

NC21 WX TEAM 3 BEND, Ore. {KTVZ} – The City of Bend hosted its pedestrian and bicycle open house Monday evening at the Element Bend…

Wednesday, Jan 15

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NC21 WX TEAM 3 BEND, Ore. {KTVZ} – The City of Bend hosted its pedestrian and bicycle open house Monday evening at the Element Bend Hotel.

This particular project is really meant to help the bicyclists and pedestrians move about the city more freely, efficiently and most importantly, more safely.

Changes are coming to Olney Avenue in northeast Bend to make it a safer road to walk, bike, roll, drive and more.

Engineering Associate, Carrie Harris says this project, focused along Olney Avenue in northeast Bend, is long over-due.

“ This project for us, is a pedestrian and bicycle improvements project. It’s on a key walking and biking route for the city of Bend, and what we mean by that is, those are kind of our backbone of our walking and biking system. We want those streets that are key routes to be the safest in the city. We want people to be comfortable riding with their kid on those routes, and especially that crossing at intersections like spots where people walking and biking mix with vehicles. We want them to have dedicated space.”

Harris says not only will improvements be made above ground on our streets, but below ground as well.

“ The city’s job is to get you clean water to your house and make sure your toilets are flushing and that sewer sewage is not like backing up into your house, and so, this project does have like, upsized pipes and infrastructure below the ground. That’s partly why some of […]

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