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CRATER LAKE, OR – The scenic drive around the country’s deepest lake will be safer and smoother because of the Great American Outdoors Act (GAOA) Legacy Restoration Fund. An approximately $56 million dollar project, scheduled to start in Crater Lake National Park this summer, will improve about 19 miles of East Rim Drive and a portion of the Cloudcap Spur Road.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Road construction is expected to begin today on a section of Oregon Highway 140 west of Klamath Falls around Upper Klamath Lake between the Howard Bay boat launch and the intersection of Lakeshore Drive.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - The City of Klamath Falls is considering a major change in downtown. Some of the traffic lights Downtown will be converted into two-way and four-way stops during a testing phase beginning June 1 of this year. The change will include putting flashing yellow and red lights on several proposed intersections.
Read MoreThe City of Klamath Falls reported today that the roundabout located at Campus Drive and Daggett Avenue will be open to the public starting Saturday, October 22, 2022.
Read MoreSALEM, Ore. - As more people get vaccinated and pandemic restrictions ease, more travelers are anticipated to hit Oregon roads this Memorial Day weekend and over the summer.
Read MoreThe Klamath County Public Works Department announces the following road closure on E Langell Valley Road (Miller Creek Bridge) located approximately 12.6 miles east of Bonanza.
Read MoreBLY, Ore. – Forest Service road crews made excellent progress this week on Forest Service Road 3790, also known as Fishhole Creek Road, on the Bly Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
Read MoreKlamath County will have work crews at the following locations. Please use caution when in these areas and watch for flaggers. If you are able to avoid the work zones, please use an alternate route for your safety and the safety of Klamath County employees.
Read MoreKLAMATH FALLS, Ore. - Street crews will be working in the center median on Campus Drive between Daggett and Clairmont on Monday, February 3, 2020 beginning at 8 a.m. The southbound lanes will be down to one lane of travel. Work is estimated to last the majority of the day.
Read MoreALTURAS, Calif. — Road construction begins this week on Forest Road 49 connecting the Lava Beds National Monument and the Medicine Lake Recreation Area on the Modoc National Forest.
Read MoreA crew supervised by Walsh Construction Co., the Sky Lakes Collaborative Health Center’s general contractor, this weekend will repave the driveway generally between the Cascades East Family Medicine building and the medical center’s parking structure.
Read MoreFremont-Winema National Forest announces new road construction projects in the Chemult, Bly and Paisley Ranger Districts. FWNF provides an update on the construction projects on Fishhole Creek Road. And announces a public meeting at the Lakeview Chamber of Commerce regarding the Lakeview Federal Sustained Yield Unit.
Read MoreBly, Ore. – Fremont-Winema National Forest officials are reminding the public to slow down, watch for flaggers and use caution when traveling in road construction zones on the Forest following an accident today.
Read MoreBLY, Ore. – Work begins Monday, August 5, to repair Forest Service Road 3790, also known as Fishhole Creek Road, on the Bly Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest.
Read MoreSalem, Ore - Every year flaggers and other highway workers are injured and killed on highways in Oregon and across the nation. The Oregon Department of Transportation has begun deploying new flagging technology—auto flaggers -- that takes work zone flaggers out of the line of traffic making them safer.
Read MoreRoad construction season is in full swing. Here are this weeks area projects from the City of Klamath Falls Public Works, Klamath County Public Works and Oregon Department of Transportation. Please remember to slow down for flaggers and construction zones.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, June 18, 2019, at approximately 8:32 P.M. Oregon State Police Troopers and emergency personnel responded to the report of a pedestrian hit by a vehicle on Highway 140 East near milepost 8, and the easternmost Pine Grove Road intersection.
Read MoreExpected road construction projects by the City of Klamath Falls and Klamath County Public Works Departments for the week of June 10 - including, asphalt, signs, painting, and crack sealing.
Read MoreSalem, Ore. - "It's wet paint, and it can most definitely color your vehicle." That's what striping crew members hope drivers will remember as the season for putting stripes down on roads all over Oregon approaches.
Read MoreKlamath County Museum’s Photo of the Week for March 31, 2019, shows a crew of workmen using horse-drawn scrapers to level a roadbed. Before the advent of machinery powered by engines, scrapers such as these were used for leveling ground in various types of construction projects. Most of the A Canal in Klamath Falls was built the same way.
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