SUNRIVER, OR -- The State Transportation Commission will talk about several Highway 97 projects when they meet at SunRiver Thursday and then take a tour of the projects. Kevin Beckstrom at ODOT says commission members will tour the Highway 97 Bend North Corridor Project and also tour the Highway 97 Lava Butte to Sunriver Project. Beckstrom says on Friday the commission will consider amendments to add money to three local projects, including:

22-million dollars to the Highway 97 Cooley Road Project

3-point-6-million dollars to the Highway 97 South Century to Forest Service Boundary Project and

500-thousand dollars to the Highway 20 Ward Hamby Project