OPEN HOUSE ON EOLA CORRIDOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

News Release from: City of Salem
OPEN HOUSE ON EOLA CORRIDOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Posted: March 5th, 2013 2:51 PM
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Public invited to attend March 14, 2013, informational meeting at Myers Elementary School.

The City of Salem has scheduled an open house to provide information and details regarding the construction of the Eola Drive NW Corridor Safety Improvements for Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., in the media center of Myers Elementary School at 2160 Jewel Street NW.  The City has received bids and is in the process of awarding a contract to K&E Excavating, Inc. Construction is expected to begin by mid-April 2013.  Staff will be available to answer questions regarding the project construction until 8 p.m.
    
The Keep Salem Moving! Streets and Bridges Bond, passed by Salem voters in November 2008, included funds to widen the Eola Drive NW Corridor in order to reduce congestion and improve safety.  A copy of the vicinity map for this project is provided with this notification.

Improvements for the Eola Drive NW corridor will include: two travel lanes, curbs, sidewalks, bike lanes, and streetlights.  Improvements will also include left turn lanes at Kingwood Drive NW, Woodland Drive NW, Turnage Street NW, Kaley Avenue NW, Eagle View Drive NW, and Sunwood Drive NW.  The project will also construct a new traffic signal at the intersection of Kingwood Drive NW and Eola Drive NW.

Utility relocation efforts are underway in advance of the corridor improvements.  Motorists are reminded to use caution as this work requires lane closures on Eola Drive NW.  Travel lanes will be intermittently closed, narrowed, and shifted to facilitate work within the construction area.  At times, flaggers will be present to control traffic.  This work will create traffic congestion within the area and motorists should expect delays.

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