The City’s 2023 street preservation work begins in April. Councilors approved a paving contract and a slurry seal contract at their March 15 meeting. The City of Bend is preparing to do about $3.2 million worth of street preservation contract work this year that will improve approximately 37 lane miles in Bend. This includes about 18 [...]
A two hour City of Bend Community Building Subcommittee meeting occurred this morning Wednesday Feb 22, 2023 regarding funding & design of the current Transportation System Plan vs the 2020 Transportation GO Bond as they try to incorporate bike/ ped movement options. Click HERE to view the YouTube recording of the meeting. This is truly a deep in [...]
Neighborhood Street Safety Program This summer the City of Bend is planning on the construction of six of the remaining Neighborhood Street Safety Program (NSSP) projects! These are projects 12-17 on the map, and are as follows: Project 12: Crosswalk across Parrell Road at Calvin Way (Southeast Bend) Project 13: Crosswalk across Parrell Road between Haley Creek [...]
The City of Bend will host a public meeting to share important information about the upcoming Neff and Purcell Improvements Project construction. The project team will share construction plans and information regarding the intersection closure, detour route and schedule. A full closure of the Neff Road and Purcell Boulevard intersection is required for construction. The intersection [...]
On January 18, the Bend City Council voted 4-2 to no longer require that developers create a minimum number of off-street parking spaces for new developments to help reduce the cost of new housing, reduce vehicle emissions and encourage more walkable communities. With this policy change, Council removed minimum off-street parking requirements from Bend’s development code, [...]
The City won a $150,000 Mobility Grant from Pacific Power to fund a rebate program to help low-income households in Bend purchase electric bicycles. The electric bike (e-bike) instant rebate program will provide a rebate of $2,000 each to 75 qualified transportation-disadvantaged, low-income households in Bend to be used toward the purchase of an e-bike. To [...]
The City project for Ferguson Sewer Improvements will begin after the new year. Ferguson Road will be closed to eastbound traffic between King Solomon Lane and Ferguson Court beginning January 3, 2023, weather permitting. Please follow detour signs. The graphic of the traffic control is shown below. A few things to note: The contractor will temporarily [...]
The City of Bend is holding a “hybrid” public hearing before the Planning Commission on Monday, December 12, 2022, at 5:30 pm to review proposed amendments to the Bend Comprehensive Plan, Transportation System Plan (TSP) and Bend Development Code (BDC) (PLTEXT20220451). The proposed amendments are primarily to provide consistency between the BDC and the recently adopted [...]
Community members will be invited to give input about changes to how parking is required when new development is built. These changes are in response to recently adopted state requirements, known as the Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities, that direct cities to take steps to regulate parking in new ways. At the Wednesday Nov. 16 Bend [...]
The City of Bend is hosting an in-person open house to share information about the Neff and Purcell Improvements Project. This high-priority project provides north-south connectivity and improves safety and capacity. The open house includes an overview of the project, anticipated construction schedule and traffic impacts and an opportunity to meet the project team. DATE/TIME: [...]