BEND, OR -- As the summer travel season kicks off, many Central Oregonians will get out of town for Memorial Day Weekend. "There’s going to be a lot of cars out there over the holiday weekend," says Oregon Department of Transportation's Don Hamilton, "And people need to slow down, be careful, plan your trip, look out for the other guys on the road out there."

The good news: Hamilton says you shouldn’t see much road construction, "There’s a lot of work going on, but it’s not going to be going on over the holiday weekend. We want to do everything we can to keep the roads clear for traffic, to make sure there’s as little congestion as we can manage." 

Drivers should still use caution in areas still recovering from the 2020 wildfires, although Hamilton says all highways are open, "In some of the areas that were damaged by the fire, people are going to see the results of that. There’s still a lot of damage, there’s still a lot of work that needs to be done in some of those areas."

Hamilton expects the busiest roads to be to and from the coast, the Gorge and Central Oregon. Visit Tripcheck for road conditions and traffic cameras.