News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
Locust Street will be narrower and more winding where it runs into the new Coyote Springs subdivision.
The Sisters City Council, in its Thursday, October 28, meeting, approved the tapering of the pavement from 36 feet to 24 feet, with a separated multi-use path running along the west side of the street.
The vehicle travel lanes will remain the same width, but the striped bike lanes on either side of the road will be eliminated.
The road will also wind around several large ponderosa pines.
Coyote Springs developers Mark Ford and Rick Francis, along with Buck Run developer Mylon Buck, requested the changes.
Ford testified to the council that the narrower, winding street would reduce traffic speeds and preserve the trees that are the hallmark of Sisters.
The multi-use path will run paved from the existing portion of Locust Street to the Section 9 boundary. Councilor Tim Clasen proposed asking Buck to continue a separated path along the existing Locust Street north to the intersection of Tyee Drive, but the other councilors dismissed the idea.
The council two weeks before, passed new street standards that allow a reduction of street right-of-way to 50 feet with separated multi-use paths on each side.
City planner Neil Thompson acknowledged that the council approved a path on only one side of Locust Street, but he noted that he council has the authority to vary its standards.
Jim Cornelius is editor in chief of The Nugget and author of “Warriors of the Wildlands: True Tales of the Frontier Partisans.” A history buff, he explores frontier history across three centuries and several continents on his podcast, The Frontier Partisans. For more information visit www.frontierpartisans.com.
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