Meeting explores highway corridor

The Oregon Department of Transportation has set an open house from 4 to 7 p.m., October 27, at Sisters City Hall to get input on transportation corridor planning on the Salem-to-Bend highway corridor.

A study is being conducted by the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments and the first phase of the study is expected to be completed by June 1998.

A corridor plan is a long range plan for managing and improving transportation facilities and services to meet needs for moving people and goods. A variety of transportation modes such as automobiles, trucks, buses, bicycles, walking, trains, and airplanes will be addressed.

In this first phase of the study, called the Corridor Strategy, technical information will be collected, community issues will be identified, and transportation goals will be developed.

For more information call Robin Marshburn at (503) 588-6177.