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Bend MPO TAC reviews funded projects: equipment, sidewalks, signals and bus‑stop upgrades
Summary
At the Bend MPO Technical Advisory Committee meeting, staff outlined MPO‑funded purchases and construction: maintenance equipment and snow‑gate attachments, a $60,000 Cooley Road sidewalk infill, ongoing street‑preservation contracts (about $4.85 million last summer), signal upgrades and a bus‑stop improvement program funded with COVID and state highway funds.
City and MPO staff on the Bend MPO Technical Advisory Committee gave an update on a range of projects funded with state highway and COVID relief dollars, saying the work is intended to support maintenance, pedestrian connections and transit access across the MPO area.
Tyler Deeke and City presenter David said the MPO helped fund maintenance equipment and winter attachments used for protected facility upkeep. "Those were COVID relief funds, $320,000," David said, and the MPO also helped purchase a mini sweeper, a Bobcat with attachments and a drop‑deck trailer to keep maintenance equipment closer to job sites.
The Cooley…
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