Media Advisory: Play on the Grade U.S. 20 Pioneer Mountain - Eddyville Construction Celebration

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September 27, 2016
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Contact: Angela Beers Seydel (541) 726-2442
angela.beers-seydel@odot.state.or.us

 

Media Advisory

Event:  Play on the Grade  
            U.S. 20 Pioneer Mountain –Eddyville Construction Celebration

Date:    October 1, 2016  1 p.m. to 5 p.m.  
             Speakers scheduled: 1:30 p.m. – 2 p.m.
             Gates open for parking at 12:30 p.m.

You are welcome to join state and community leaders, along with hundreds of local residents, in celebrating the nearly ready to open new alignment of the U.S. 20 Pioneer Mountain-Eddyville Project. The public will be able  to explore most of the new roadway as they travel 2.2 miles to the event location, and then walk, run, or bike an additional 2.2 miles of the new roadway.  People will have the opportunity to stop at seven different spots to talk with Oregon Department of Transportation staff about the engineering challenges and solutions in completing the roadway. By mid-October, the majority of the road will open to traffic. The west end-tie in will be completed in summer 2017.

Location:   Eddyville, OR   U.S. 20  milepost  23.99  

Directions: Turn off of U.S. 20 (Corvallis-Newport Highway) onto the new roadway at the marked entrance. Follow flagger direction to the parking area. There will be a shuttle van available for transport to the event site.  

Speakers:

MC: ODOT Region 2 South Area Manager Frannie Brindle
U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader
State Senator Arnie Roblan
State Representative David Gomberg
Lincoln County Commissioner Doug Hunt
Former Lincoln County Commissioner Don Lindly
Former Representative and Oregon Transportation Commissioner Alan Brown Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce Board Chair Susan Beck
FHWA Oregon Division Administrator Phillip Ditzler
ODOT Director Matthew Garrett

Note: There will be limited cellular service in the area, and no electricity. Plan on rain and dress accordingly.      

 For more information: www.us20pme.com

 

 

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