Slow down, stay alert and be prepared for work zones
By Paul Hall on Thursday, August 5th, 2021 in Northeastern Oregon News Northeastern Oregon Top Stories
LA GRANDE – (Information provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation) Our summer construction season in eastern Oregon continues. The majority of our projects to fix pavement, sidewalks and bridges are still in progress and a few are scheduled to begin this month.
• Several chip seal projects are scheduled to begin mid to late August:
OR 78: New Princeton, milepost 37.65, to Virginia Valley Road, milepost 47.23. o OR 78: Broadway Avenue in Burns at milepost zero to milepost 11.15.
U.S. 95-S: From the junction with OR 201, milepost 11.65, to the Oregon/Idaho border at Annex, milepost 13.66.
• Work continues on these extensive projects:
I-84: Meacham to Spring Creek Resurface.
OR 244: slope repair and guardrail replacement.
OR 82: Grande Ronde (South Elgin) Bridge repair.
• ADA upgrade projects continue in the following locations:
Union County, with ongoing work in Elgin and Island City.
Malheur County, with ongoing work in Vale and Nyssa.
Wallowa County, with work continuing in Enterprise later this summer.
Umatilla County, with work in Hermiston and Stanfield, (watch for permanent traffic pattern changes/lane reconfiguration in Stanfield).
More 2021 projects are listed below.
Please remember to watch for crews, equipment and flaggers, and to be prepared to slow down or stop when you see those orange cones and construction signs.
Distracted or inattentive driving and speed remain primary causes of crashes, so please put cell phones and other distractions away, and ease up on the gas. We want you and our crews to all get home safely at the end of the day. Remember, traffic fines double in all work zones.
Eastern Oregon 2021 Hwy. Projects Page 2
The highway projects are listed in a link below and are sorted by county, with interstates and U.S. highways listed first, followed by state routes. Traffic impacts are listed in bold type. Location information is listed via milepost number for the highway section, with local crossroads/landmarks identified. Construction timeframes are estimates and subject to change.
