City of Bend plans open house for next year’s Neighborhood Street Safety Program projects; here’s the list
Barney Lerten
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Bend community members are being invited to participate in a design open house for the 2027 Neighborhood Street Safety Program projects. The open house will be held in person and online to share project information and gather public input.
The open house will take place on Thursday April 23 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the VFW Event Room, 1503 NE Fourth Street in Bend. The online open house will be available at bendoregon.gov/nssp on the same date.
The projects that are scheduled for the 2027 Neighborhood Street Safety program are:
Updating and improving the existing crossings at the intersection of NE Sierra Drive and NE Boyd Acres Road, and NE Town Drive and NE Boyd Acres Road to facilitate safer crossings of NE Boyd Acres Road.
Implementing traffic calming along Blakely Road from Powers Road to Chamberlain Street. Improvements to include speed humps and sidewalk infill at select locations.
Building a raised crossing at the intersection of NW Discovery Park Way and NW High Lakes Loop.
Updating and improving the crossing of NW Mt. Washington Drive at Regency Street. Improvements will include a Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon and removal of the right-turn lane onto Regency Street.
Installing speed humps and sidewalk infill along Tucson Way from Neff Road to Conners Avenue.
The projects are part of the Neighborhood Street Safety Program, a yearly program that aims to address sidewalk infill, traffic calming and safer crossings of busy streets, increasing safety for all users of the roadway.
This program is funded through the voter-approved 2020 Transportation GO Bond.
Learn more about the projects and sign up for project updates at bendoregon.gov/nssp.