Community members are invited to the pre-design open house for the Neff Bicycle and Pedestrian Improvements Project on Monday, Oct. 21, 4-6 p.m. at the Deschutes Children’s Foundation, East Bend Campus, 2125 NE Daggett Lane. The open house will be an opportunity to learn about the project, meet the project team and share safety concerns before project design begins. An online option will be available starting on Oct. 21 – Nov. 4, 2024, at bendoregon.gov/neffpedbike. The community can provide input about existing safety matters in the proposed project areas in person or online.
Improving the transportation system by focusing on safety is a City Council goal. Creating safer connections between neighborhoods, places of work, schools, parks and businesses, for people who ride bikes, walk or roll, is a City priority. The City is designing a variety of safer and more accessible bike and pedestrian routes throughout the community, including the Neff Pedestrian and Bicycle Improvements Project, aimed at improving east/west connectivity in a vital area of Bend.
The project combines three Transportation System Plan “key route” projects along NE Neff Road and NE Norton Avenue for people who ride bikes, walk and roll. “Key Route” is a term that means the route is designed to provide safe and appealing cross-town connections to schools, parks, and other destinations. Examples include off-street multi-use paths, buffered, separated, raised and/or painted bike lanes and widened sidewalks. This project is funded by the voter-approved 2020 Transportation GO Bond, and the project budget is limited. Community input is requested to help prioritize improvements and make travel along this corridor safer for all users.
Visit bendoregon.gov/neffpedbike for more information.
