Resident raises evacuation and access concerns for west-side Bend during public comment
During public comment at the Jan. 24 Bend MPO meeting a resident urged officials to consider evacuation routes and emergency access for the city’s west side, noting perceived imbalances in fire-station location, limited road crossings and growing development.
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A member of the public used the Bend MPO’s Jan. 24 public-comment period to raise concerns about evacuation capacity and emergency access on Bend’s west side. The speaker — not identified by name in the transcript — said the city’s current road and emergency-service configuration concentrates emergency stations and major access routes on the east side and warned that in a major disaster residents on parts of the west side could face constrained egress.
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