Highway 59 Project on Track

The Highway 59 widening project from Leisure Lane to Sailboat Bridge is on track, with approximately 50% of the right of way purchases having been completed, according to Paul Green, Acting District Engineer for ODOT, District 8.
Green said in an interview this week that the state was now in the process of buying right of way; then would come utility relocation, with actual construction to begin in the Fall of 2006. The project will take an estimated 18 months to complete, putting the opening in Spring 2008.
The Leisure Lane intersection is included in the project and will include new traffic signals and intersection modifications, but does not go any further into Grove. The widening cost is an estimated $20.5 million, with right of way and utilities at $10.5 million and the five-lane project construction at $10 million.