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Council leans toward one-way design for Norton Street to fix drainage and emergency access

Oroville City Council · April 22, 2026
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Summary

Public works presented narrow right-of-way constraints on Norton Street and recommended options; staff said neighbors favor converting the road to one-way traffic from Montgomery to Bridge Street to preserve parking and improve drainage and emergency access; council gave direction to pursue the one-way option and conduct broader neighbor outreach.

City public works manager Tim Caber (speaker 10) presented a design update for the Norton Street rehabilitation project, saying the corridor has a 32-foot right-of-way, failing pavement and drainage problems; Cal Water must lower century-old water mains before construction can proceed.

Caber described two design approaches: a two-way street with constrained travel width or a…

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