News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
News and Opinion from Sisters, Oregon
The signal will regulate traffic on an alternative freight route when it opens in March during the Cascade Avenue renovation.
The most tangible sign of construction set to begin on the Cascade Avenue/Highway 20 renovation project has been hoisted over the intersection of Highway 20 and BarclayDrive/McKinney Butte Road.
Lantz Electric has installed the temporary signal that will be used for the freight reroute for the project in downtown Sisters.
The signal will help traffic flow on Barclay Drive, which will serve as the temporary freight route when sections of Highway 20 close starting March 1.
The Sisters Area Chamber of Commerce is working on a marketing plan to help keep Sisters businesses vital through the disruptions of the project.
According to Chamber Executive Director Erin Borla, the Chamber will continue its regional marketing to the I-5 corridor, adding marketing to Bend and Redmond to encourage Central Oregonians to visit Sisters. A lot of regional marketing will be done on the radio.
The Chamber will provide business maps to visitors, and Oregon Department of Transportation Community Liaison Ann Fisher is also producing a map to help people find businesses on foot. Maps will be placed on A-frame signs on the streets during periods when portions of Cascade Avenue are closed to vehicle traffic. The signs will list what businesses are on each block.
Road closures will run in three-block phases, east-to-west, from March 1 to the end of May. There will be pedestrian access to businesses at all times.
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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