July 21, 2023 10:00 a.m. 

Staff with the Oregon Department of Transportation will have an open house and workshop for the Rogue-Umpqua Bicycle and Pedestrian Corridor Master Plan in Glide on August 10th.

ODOT, U.S. Forest Service and Western Federal Lands are coordinating a series of related transportation efforts along the Rogue-Umpqua National Scenic Byway between Roseburg and Gold Hill. The corridor includes OR138 from Roseburg to Diamond Lake, OR230 to OR62 from Diamond Lake to approximately Eagle Point, and OR234 from Eagle Point to Gold Hill. The 172-mile route connects the communities of Roseburg in the north and Medford and Grants Pass in the south to state and federal recreation sites in the Umpqua National Forest, Crater Lake National Park and Rogue Siskiyou National Forest.

Related projects the three partners are examining include:

*A bicycle and pedestrian plan for the corridor

*A wildfire recovery viewshed plan for adjacent forest lands and

*An overall transportation master plan that consolidates and builds upon three earlier plans

The Douglas County meeting will be August 10th from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. It will be held at the Glide Community Center on North Umpqua Highway. The meeting will have large maps of the corridor and open discussion about the challenges, opportunities and areas of interest for users and system owners throughout.

Meetings will also be held in Gold Hill and Prospect.

The project website with more information is: https://highways.dot.gov/federal-lands/projects/or/dot-2018-1