There’s a road realignment project happening at Elks Drive and Highway 99W, which has started with brush and tree removal, and the installation of orange barrier fences to protect surrounding vegetation from the construction areas.
When completed, the new roadway will include a traffic signal at the 99W intersection to provide safer and easier access to the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center campus and the surrounding neighborhoods.
The first phase that includes the vegetation and tree removal is underway. The new roadbed is currently taking shape on the east side of Samaritan Drive. This phase will also include the relocation of infrastructure such as sewer lines. Most of the work will be done in areas away from the current roadways to minimize traffic disruption to the medical center and surrounding neighborhoods.
In 2018, the Corvallis City Council approved the annexation of 17.3 acres of Samaritan’s 84-acre “North Campus” parcel to facilitate development of added medical services and related parking. Part of that approval was contingent upon relocating and enhancing the Highway 99W entrance to the medical center campus to include turn lanes and a traffic signal.
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