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Medford awards $585,341 contract to fix Lazy Creek fish passage, will replace box culvert with roughened channel and bridge
Summary
The City Council approved a $585,341 contract with Leduc Construction for creek restoration and fish passage improvements on Lazy Creek, funded by storm-drain utility fees. Staff said the project replaces a failing box culvert with a series of rock weirs and pools and a 30‑foot bridge crossing.
The Medford City Council on July 2 approved a $585,341 construction contract with Leduc Construction LLC to complete fish‑passage improvements on Lazy Creek between Bear Creek and Highland Drive.
John Bile, the city’s former public works director, told the council the work is mitigation required under permits the city received when it built a stormwater detention facility in 2001. He said the detention facility impacted fish habitat and that regulatory agencies required mitigation downstream in the…
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