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East Granville widening: city weighs full closure to speed work and limit extra costs
Summary
Officials told the Services Committee a full closure of East Granville for the widening could cut the schedule to about 12–18 months and potentially save an estimated $250,000–$700,000 versus maintaining traffic, but detour routing and truck 'point of no return' remain concerns for residents.
Carla (city staff) briefed the committee on early coordination with ODOT and the county about maintenance-of-traffic options for the East Granville Street widening. She said the project team prepared detour plans targeted at truck traffic and that ODOT approved a full-closure option that would allow contractors to accelerate work.
Carla said a full closure could allow the project to be completed in roughly 12–18 months; maintaining traffic in one direction would likely add about six months. "Closure 12 to 18 months.…
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