JEFFERSON COUNTY, OR -- The speed limit on Highway 26 between Mt. Hood and Madras returns to normal Monday. Oregon Department of Transportation crews removed temporary 45 mile an hour signs, raising the speed back up to 55 in the stretch between Highway 216 and the Warm Springs River. Speeds were reduced in May due to extremely poor pavement conditions.

ODOT conducted some pavement smoothing on the worst sections of the highway, and plans to fully repave a 15 mile stretch in 2024.