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US 97/US 20 North Corridor finishes construction early and on budget, ODOT says
Summary
ODOT and project partners completed the US 97/US 20 North Corridor design-build project ahead of schedule and within the agreed construction budget; the work added more than 2.5 miles of multi-use path, new roundabouts and realigned portions of US 97.
The US 97 / US 20 North Corridor project was substantially completed ahead of schedule and within the contracted construction budget, an Oregon Department of Transportation official told the Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization policy board on March 21.
Why it matters: the project rebuilt or realigned sections of US 97 and US 20, added more than 2.5 miles of separated multi-use path, created two multi-lane roundabouts at Cooley and Roble, and included flyover ramp and overpass work to improve multimodal access and travel-time reliability through a high-traffic commercial corridor.
Project scope and funding
Omar Ahmed of ODOT said the final project scope was smaller than an earlier 2016 Environmental Impact Statement concept (which had an estimated $275 million cost in…
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