• Olney and Revere Intersections

    Olney and Revere Intersections

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  • Welcome to the Olney and Revere Intersections open house!

  • In this virtual open house you can:

    • Learn about the four intersection improvements.
    • Provide feedback on how these improvements can best serve the community.
    Map of the four project intersections east of Bend Parkway: traffic signals at NE 4th St and NE Revere Ave, and NE 4th St and NE Olney Ave; roundabouts at NE 8th St and NE Revere Ave, and NE 8th St and NE Penn Ave.

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  • What this project will do

  • The Olney and Revere Intersections project will upgrade four key intersections in Northeast Bend, improving traffic flow, safety, and connectivity at four key intersections.

  • Map of the four intersection changes. Revere & Fourth: all-way stop to signalized. Olney & Fourth: all-way stop to signalized. Revere & Eighth: all-way stop to roundabout. Olney & Eighth: signalized to roundabout.

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  • Eighth Street corridor

    The Eighth Street intersections will be converted to roundabouts. The City has a roundabout first policy, where possible, due to the safety and efficiency benefits of roundabouts. They reduce the likelihood and severity of crashes by slowing vehicles moving through the intersection, reducing conflict points, and having all vehicles travel in the same direction.

    • Olney Avenue and Eighth Street intersection– current signalized intersection will be converted to a roundabout
    • Revere Avenue and Eighth Street intersection– current all-way stop to roundabout
    Looking down NE Revere Ave toward the all-way stop at Eighth Street, a two-lane road with a sidewalk, crosswalk, and tall pines on both sides.

    Revere and Eighth

  • Fourth Street corridor

    The Fourth Street intersections will be converted to traffic signals because of this corridor’s proximity to Third Street. Third Street sees heavy traffic and congestion, which can cause back-ups that could spill into the Fourth Street intersections. Adding traffic signals will improve travel times and reduce delays, which will also reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Lights will be synchronized, meaning green lights will be aligned across intersections.

    • Revere Avenue and Fourth Street intersection – current all-way stop converted to signalized intersection
    • Olney Avenue and Fourth Street intersection – current all-way stop converted to signalized intersection

    Olney and Fourth

  • What success will look like

  • We want to ensure the goals for this project reflect community priorities. Key outcomes include:

    • Improving traffic flow and reducing congestion.
    • Proactively addressing growth needs.
    • Providing safer streets and crossings for all users.

  • What do you think?

  • To record your responses, be sure to click or tap the “Submit” button at the end.

  • Benefits

    Why are intersection improvements needed?

    Northeast Bend is growing quickly. Traffic has increased as more people move to the area and travel to homes, businesses, schools, medical centers and recreation areas. Studies have shown that traffic will continue to increase, reaching around 30% more than today by 2046.

    These streets provide important connections, so this project has been made a priority to keep these routes moving safely as demand grows. Olney Avenue is a critical route over the river and provides access to St. Charles Hospital. Revere Avenue is a highly used direct connection to U.S. 97.

    This project will also include water system upgrades at the four project intersections at the same time, to take advantage of construction and avoid additional disruptions later on. We will replace cast iron pipe from the 1940s, which can rupture unexpectedly and create a costly emergency. This work increases the reliability of the water system and supports Bend’s growth.

  • Funding for the project

    A Go Bond Project logo

    $14 million - The voter-approved 2020 Transportation GO Bond (GO Bond) is building priority projects in every part of the city to improve traffic flow, east-west connections, and neighborhood safety. The Olney Revere Intersections project received $14 million from the GO Bond.

    $1.4 million - The Water Capital Improvement  Program is funding $1.4 million of water utility upgrades.

  • Current signalized intersection, with traffic signals overhead and a line of cars waiting at the light. Olney and Eighth

  • Schedule

    Construction on these four intersections will be completed in phases and take about a year. We will begin construction of the first intersection as we finalize designs for the last one.

    Construction timing needs to align with work on nearby streets, to minimize impacts. This includes work at the Butler Market/Boyd Acres Intersection.

    • June 2026: Project kick-off - The project team is reviewing information, including traffic data, costs, property impacts, community feedback and more to inform the intersection designs.
    • Fall 2026: Design Open House (Today!) - Let us know your priorities for these intersections!
    • Spring 2027: Design & Pre-Construction Open House - We will share design updates, summarized feedback from the community from the first open house with responses, and provide information on upcoming construction, including detour routes.
    • Fall 2027: Pre-Construction Open House - We will share information on the next round of construction, including detour routes.
    Timeline from 2026 to 2028. Design runs from mid-2026 into 2027, with open houses along the way. Construction runs from 2027 into 2028 in this order: 1. Revere/Fourth and Olney/Fourth, 2. Revere/Eighth, 3. Olney/Eighth. Schedule subject to change.

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  • Design Concept: Revere Avenue and Fourth Street

    This intersection will change from an all-way stop to a signalized intersection to improve safety and allow more traffic to flow smoothly through the intersection.

    The new signal can be synchronized with the Third Street signal to prevent long lines from blocking either intersection. A single-lane roundabout was considered at this intersection but was ruled out due to proximity to Third Street.

  • Features of the new intersection:

    • New turn lanes:
      • All legs will have a lane for through travel and right turns, plus a dedicated left turn lane (2 lanes).
      • The west leg (eastbound turning southbound) will also have a dedicated right turn lane (3 lanes).
    • 8 to 10-foot shared-use paths will be added to all sides of the intersection.
      • Future ODOT work will extend shared-use paths to the west.
      • As Fourth Street develops in the future, City development code will require curb extensions, shared use paths, street trees and sharrows.
    • The intersection area will be slightly bigger.

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    Cross section for future Fourth Street improvements

  • Design drawing over an aerial photo of NE Revere Ave and NE 4th St, between NE Seward Ave and NE Quimby Ave. It shows the widened intersection with traffic signals, turn lanes on each approach, and new paths and landscaping strips on all four sides.

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  • What do you think?

  • Tell us your feedback on the proposed Revere Avenue and Fourth Street design concept
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  • Design Concept: Olney Avenue and Fourth Street

    This intersection will change from an all-way stop to a signalized intersection to improve safety and allow more traffic to flow smoothly through the intersection.

    The new signal can be synchronized with the Third Street signal to prevent long lines from blocking either intersection. A single-lane roundabout was considered at this intersection but was ruled out due to proximity to Third Street.

    Features of the new intersection:

    • New turn lanes: all legs will have a lane for through travel and right turns, plus a dedicated left turn lane (2 lanes).
    • 8 to 10-foot shared-use paths will be added to all sides of the intersection.
      • As Fourth Street develops in the future, City development code will require curb extensions, shared use paths, street trees and sharrows.
    • The intersection area will be slightly bigger.
  • Design drawing over an aerial photo of NE Olney Ave and NE 4th St, between NE Penn Ave and NE Norton Ave. It shows the widened intersection with traffic signals, turn lanes on each approach, and new paths on all four sides.

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  • What do you think?

  • Tell us your feedback on the proposed Olney Avenue and Fourth Street design concept
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  • Design Concept: Olney Avenue and Eighth Street

    This intersection will change from a signal to a partial multi-lane roundabout for increased capacity and safety, and to reduce the number of conflict points for drivers.

    The current signal at Olney and Eighth is anticipated to reach capacity (how much traffic it can safely and efficiently handle) in about five years. A signal at Olney and Eighth cannot address these capacity failures without substantially impacting private properties and going beyond the project budget.

    Features of this new roundabout:

    • “Partial multi-lane” means some streets will have two lanes entering the roundabout, and some will have one.
      • Southbound vehicles (north leg) will have a dedicated left-turn lane (2 lanes).
      • Westbound vehicles (east leg) will have a dedicated right-turn lane (2 lanes).
      • The south and west legs will have one lane entering.
    • A shared-use path will provide separation from vehicles for people walking, biking, and rolling around the roundabout.
      • Push buttons will activate flashing beacons on all crossings where two lanes are crossed together (on the north and east sides).
    • Street lighting will be upgraded to current standards and relocated to the best locations for pedestrian visibility.

    The roundabout will be designed to the City's latest guidance for signage, striping and detectable lane guidance to encourage proper lane use and safety for all users.

    Minimal private property impacts will be needed for this change.

    Safe crossing improvements are also planned for the Key Walking and Biking Route at Eighth Street and Norton Avenue.

  • Design drawing over an aerial photo of the new roundabout at NE 8th St, where NE Olney Ave enters from the southwest and NE Penn Ave from the east. It shows a shared-use path around the roundabout and flashing-beacon crossings on the north and east sides. Details are in the features list.

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    • How we got here 

    • How we got here

      Background

      • Project need identified – In 2020, the City’s Transportation System Plan and the Go Bond identified Olney & Eighth for improvements to address intersection capacity.
      • Project scoping & evaluation – In 2021, the City evaluated multiple signal and roundabout options to identify a preferred treatment, which was a multi-lane roundabout.
      • Additional analysis – In 2026, the City collected new counts, updated the analysis to reflect the latest regional assumptions and expanded performance measures.
        • The updated analysis evaluated multiple roundabout and signal options. The top option for each included:
          • Widened signal
          • Partial multi-lane roundabout

    • Option comparison

      1. Partial multi-lane roundabout
        • The recommended partial multi-lane roundabout option the City is moving forward with. See above for details.
      2. Widened Signal Option
      Design drawing over an aerial photo of a widened traffic signal at NE 8th St and NE Olney Ave. A callout reads “Substantial private property impacts with signal option,” with arrows pointing to homes along the north side of NE Penn Ave just east of 8th St.

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    • Information we analyzed to decide

      • Advantage
      • Neutral
      • Disadvantage

      Widened Signal

      • Disadvantage: Future traffic performance

        Long queues remain

      • Disadvantage: Relative property impacts

        High

      • Disadvantage: Estimated ROW cost (preliminary)

        $1.1M

      • Neutral: Estimated construction cost

        $3.8M

      • Key takeaway

        Adds capacity, but still experiences long queues and would require a larger footprint.

      Partial Multi-Lane Roundabout (Recommended)

      • Advantage: Future traffic performance

        Meets City standards

      • Advantage: Relative property impacts

        Small

      • Advantage: Estimated ROW cost (preliminary)

        $300k

      • Neutral: Estimated construction cost

        $3.1M

      • Key takeaway

        Adds lanes only where needed, reducing future congestion and avoiding the larger signal footprint.

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    • FAQs 

    • FAQs

      Why not just build a single-lane roundabout?

      • A single-lane roundabout would work well in the near term, but analysis indicated it would reach capacity around 2037 as traffic increases.

      Why not keep the existing traffic signal?

      • The existing traffic signal does not meet capacity needs in the future and does not have continuous bike lanes through the intersection. A signal that provides additional capacity would require a large footprint and substantially greater property impacts than the partial multi-lane roundabout while still having longer queues.
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    • What do you think?

    • Tell us your feedback on the proposed Olney Avenue and Eighth Street design concept
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  • Olney Avenue and Eighth Street - Shared-Use Path Option

    The City is considering two options for how the shared-use path could be routed along the west side of the Olney and Eighth roundabout.

    Option 1

    Option 1 would integrate the shared-use path into Laurel Pocket Park on the northwest corner of the roundabout and provide a similar curved path on the southwest corner. Because the City owns the park and has existing right-of-way on the southwest corner, there is an opportunity to route the path farther away from the roadway and connect into the park’s existing trail system. This approach is similar to elements commonly seen in Dutch roundabout design, where bicycle and pedestrian facilities are separated from the vehicle lanes and set back further than we typically see in Bend.

    Potential benefits of Option 1:

    • More comfortable separation from vehicle traffic.
    • More natural bicycle movements, reducing abrupt turns in the shared-use path.
    • Opportunity to connect with the park's existing trail system, making the path feel more integrated.
    • Additional landscaped buffer space between the roadway and shared-use path, which provides space for winter snow storage.
  • A person biking on a red path set back from the roundabout, with cars waiting at a crosswalk where the path crosses the road.
    Aerial view of a roundabout with a red bike path circling it on the outside, separated from the vehicle lanes by a wide strip of grass.
    Some examples of Dutch roundabout path designs. 

  • Option 2

    Option 2 would keep the shared-use path closer to the roundabout and minimize changes to Laurel Pocket Park, as illustrated in the current design concept for Olney and Eighth (see previous page Concept Design).

    Potential benefits of Option 2:

    • Fewer impacts to Laurel Pocket Park. Option 1 may include changes to existing landscaping, vegetation, and widening of park trails.
    • The path would be the same on east and west sides of the roundabout. Due to right-of-way constraints on the east side of the roundabout, Option 1 could only be implemented on the west side.

  • What do you think?

  • What do you prefer?

  • Design Concept: Revere Avenue and Eighth Street

    This intersection will change from an all-way stop to a single-lane roundabout for increased capacity and safety, and to reduce the number of conflict points for drivers.

    Features of this single-lane roundabout:

    • One lane entering and one lane exiting on all sides.
    • A shared-use path will provide separation from vehicles for people walking, biking, and rolling around the roundabout.
    • Street lighting will be upgraded to current standards and relocated to the best locations for pedestrian visibility.

    The roundabout will be designed to the City’s latest guidance for signage, striping and detectable lane guidance to encourage proper lane use and safety for all users.

    Minimal private property impacts will be needed for this change. The project team is considering how to maintain driveway and garage access for some adjacent properties.

  • Design drawing over an aerial photo of the new single-lane roundabout at NE Revere Ave and NE 8th St, between NE Seward Ave and NE Quimby Ave. It shows crosswalks on all four legs and a shared-use path with landscaping strips around the roundabout. Details are in the features list.

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  • What do you think?

  • Tell us your feedback on the proposed Revere Avenue and Eighth Street design concept
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  • To record your responses, be sure to click or tap the “Submit” button at the end.

  • Next Steps

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