City cuts ribbon on street project

Drivers can access Highway 20 at the new East Cascade Avenue intersection.

The City of Sisters cut the ribbon on a $233,000 intersection realignment last Thursday.

The realignment was required by the Oregon Department of Transportation because the existing five-way intersection, with East Cascade Avenue merging with Cascade Avenue at an oblique angle, was substandard.

The project also narrowed Cascade Avenue with curb bulbs and added landscaping and pedestrian amenities. The City funded the project through Urban Renewal District funds.

"This is a good first step," said Bob Shaw, who donated roughly 2,500 square feet of his adjoining property to make the project possible. "We called it Kamikaze Korners before they put this in."

Ginger Durdan-Shaw said, "It cleans up a messy intersection, first of all. It was very ambiguous how to get in and out of here."

Both thought the project would revitalize the east end of Cascade Avenue and both expressed the hope that the project is a first step in making the whole of Cascade Avenue more pedestrian friendly.

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