Core Parkway Changes | Open House

Core Parkway Changes | Open House 1/20/2020

1/13/2020

Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will be presenting on purposed changes to the Parkway in the core of the City of Bend on Jan 20th from 9am to 10am at Liberty Theatre, 829 NW Wall Street in Downtown Bend.

The topics covered will include:

Proposed closures of right-in / right-out Parkway access
Proposed ramp metering
Proposed Parkway interchange projects and TSP projects between Revere Avenue and Colorado Avenue
Possible impacts to Central Core circulation and East-West congestion
Possible impacts of cut through traffic on downtown and adjacent neighborhoods

The Downtown Bend Business Association, the River West Neighborhood Association and the Old Bend Neighborhood Association are sponsoring this Open House.

“Understanding all of the purposed changes in the Parkway Plan and Transportation System Plan (TSP) can be complex. “ says a representative of the neighborhood associations, “we recognized the need to hold this open house so that our stakeholders could not only be educated on what to expect over the next 5-25 years, but how they can voice their concerns.”

These three associations have been working together closely for the past year on various issues that impacts the core of our city, and all three of their jurisdictions. In addition, representatives from each of these associations served on various committees, including but not limited to, the ODOT Parkway Plan Sounding Board, the Downtown Bend Parking Advisory Committee (DPAC), the Citywide Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC), and the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).

“Reports rank Bend as one of the fastest growing cities in the country. For the Downtown Bend Business Association (DBBA), this means that we need to be planning ahead to make sure that our Downtown core retains it’s vitality – and it’s accessibility,” says Mindy Aisling, Executive Director of the DBBA, “The purposed changes will have a huge impact on the Downtown core. We’re looking at how these changes impact things like parking, multi-day street closures, and (as the largest employer in the City), employee satisfaction.”

For information on the Transportation System Plan (TSP), click here
For information on the Parkway Plan, click here

UPDATE: Thank you for attending this Open House, please make sure that you have the followup meeting with the City of Bend on your calendar - CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO.

Please see the attached document to review questions from the meeting with ODOT on 1/20