Summary
The city's most crash-prone road — a 4.3 crash index with 8,600 vehicles a day — gets a roughly $17 million rebuild with medians, dogbone roundabouts, a signal at Hedge Lane and school-traffic relief at Oregon Trail Junior High. A $6 million federal grant offsets the cost.
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Last discussed Jul 21, 2026.
Impact analysis
💰Financial impact
About $17 million total, with $6 million covered by a federal surface transportation grant.
✅Who benefits
Commuters, Oregon Trail families and pedestrians on a dangerous stretch of Dennis Avenue.
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