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ODOT outlines safety-focused redesign at O'Neil Junction as councilors warn of traffic shifts
Summary
ODOT officials presented a safety-focused redesign for US 97 at O'Neil Junction that would add a tall median and channelized turn treatments to reduce severe crashes.
ODOT officials presented a safety-focused redesign for the US 97 O'Neil Junction corridor, saying the project is intended to reduce fatal and severe-injury crashes by adding a tall median barrier and reconfiguring travel lanes.
"The real reason we're doing this project is that this intersection in particular has been, a top 10% SPIS site," Omar Ahmed, ODOT Region 4 Central Oregon and Lower John Day area manager, told the council, referring to the agency's Safety Priority Index System. "We continue to have them."
Ahmed and Abby Driscoll, ODOT project manager, said the current plan would remove a southbound…
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