SISTERS, OR -- Paving continues on Old McKenzie Highway. Last week, they began work beyond the snow gate on the pass. Oregon’s Department of Transportation hopes to open the historic, seasonal highway by July fourth.

Even after that happens, ODOT says construction will continue, to finish things like striping, signage and clean up. Paving on the east side, below the gate will continue through July, but the road is wide enough to accommodate flaggers with single-lane closures.

Funding from a Federal Lands Access Program grant is repaving OR 242 from the junction with U.S. 20 in Sisters to the summit at Dee Wright Observatory. Improvement grants like this are critical to low-traffic volume roads like McKenzie Pass. More information is available on our project website. 

Photo courtesy of ODOT