CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: Start of Bunker Hill project construction postponed until Feb. 20 (Coos Bay)

Oregon Department of Transportation sent this bulletin at 02/10/2022 12:34 PM PST

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UPDATE -- Construction on the U.S. 101 Bunker Hill Sidewalks and Flanagan Signal project, which had originally been scheduled to start next Sunday, has been postponed one week. Construction is now expected to begin Sunday night, Feb. 20. We regret any inconvenience or confusion this may have caused. The text below has been revised.

 

Project features: U.S. 101 Bunker Hill sidewalks and Flanagan signal

 

ODOT NEWS RELEASE

Nighttime construction begins Feb. 20 on Bunker Hill road and sidewalk project

Feb. 9, 2022

COOS BAY – It’ll soon be safer and easier to walk through the Bunker Hill area of Coos Bay.

On Sunday, Feb. 20, ODOT and prime contractor Knife River Materials will break ground on a project that upgrades pedestrian facilities in a four-block section of U.S. Highway 101 between Flanagan Rd. and Edward/Ivy Hills Rd. The $2.7 million project is scheduled for completion in September.

The project will replace sidewalks on the northbound side of the highway, upgrade ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) ramps, add a pedestrian crossing near Mullen Rd., and install new streetlights.

As a benefit to local motorists, the project aims to improve the flow of traffic by increasing storage space for southbound U.S. 101 vehicles turning left onto Coos River Highway. The traffic signal at Flanagan Rd., which was installed in the 1980s, will also be replaced.

All work is scheduled for nighttime, Sunday evening to Friday morning.

U.S. 101 motorists should watch for single-lane closures starting at 7 p.m. and continuing until 6:30 a.m. in the northbound direction and 9 a.m. in the southbound direction. Nearby residents may experience noise consistent with road work.

Construction will require some sidewalk closures. Alternate pedestrian routes will be identified and posted.

For the week of Feb. 13-18, the contractor will set up the work zone and install construction signage. The following two weeks will involve saw-cutting asphalt, removing old sections of concrete, and performing electrical work for the new traffic signal.

Sign up for e-mail updates at www.BunkerHill101.com. For more information, contact ODOT Public Information Officer Dan Latham at 541-817-5200 or Dan.Latham@odot.oregon.gov.

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