News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
A work crew got started on water lines at Ponderosa Lodge this week -- one of many projects in Sisters. Photo by Jim Cornelius
Construction crews are laying water pipe and sewer lines around Sisters. Excavators are breaking ground on subdivisions.
More work is on the way.
"The dirt is going to fly in Sisters," said Public Works Director Gary Frazee. "A lot of dirt -- more than we've ever seen."
The Ponderosa Lodge is putting down water pipe in preparation for an expansion, while the new "Sisters View" subdivision at the south end of Pine Street gets underway.
Sewer lines to the new Sisters High School and several churches will go in soon.
According to Frazee, the city is currently bidding out a project to extend water service laterals to newly partitioned lots in Sisters.
Frazee said that 11 lots are being divided to become 39 lots; each additional lot needs its own water service.
McKinney Butte Road from Highway 20 to Sisters High School must be completed soon. The Comfort Inn and Mountain Shadow RV Park is responsible for completion of a section of that road.
The City of Sisters is currently negotiating with the owner of the facility to resolve outstanding issues surrounding the sewer connections for the motel and RV park.
Once completed, the road will form the final link in a network that can take a driver from Camp Polk Road through the Sisters Industrial Park and across Highway 20 near Ponderosa Lodge, running all the way to the new High School.
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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