Construction causing delays on Bear Camp Road

Drivers ought to anticipate delays of As a lot as 45 minutes Because of enchancment on Bear Camp Road.

The distant mountain road between Galice and Gold Seashore connects the Rogue Valley to the Oregon Coast. It’s additionally frequently used as a shuttle route for people floating the decrease Rogue River.

To maintain away from enchancment delays and detours, motor homes, trailers and passenger automobiles ought to use Freeway 199 and Freeway 101 to get from the Rogue Valley to the coast. Bear Camp Road Isn’t useful for motor homes or trailers, the Forest Service said.

The Rogue River-Siskiyou Nationwide Forest started restore work on Bear Camp Road in 2021. After a winter break, road stabilization and restore work started Tuesday And might proceed by way of June 8 Counting on climate.

Drivers ought to plan for As a lot as 45-minute delays To permit time for pavement To relax and For huge gear to work on the slender road hall, the Forest Service said.

The Agness Agency started on the east facet of Bear Camp Road at milepost 14.5. Contractors will full the work from east to west, with flaggers on website To assist in visitors administration, the Forest Service said.

A second enterprise to chip seal the road with asphalt and gravel between Burnt Ridge Road and Agness Road begins June 20 And might Bear June 30. That part of the road Shall be closed besides on weekends.

Bear Camp Road will reopen to visitors Friday afternoons And shut as quickly as extra at 7 a.m. The subsequent Monday. Indicators Shall be posted To level a 25 mph enchancment zone velocity restrict, and “Unfastened Rock” signs additionally Shall be posted To assist forestall automobiles from damaging the newly positioned chip seal, the Forest Service said.

All by way of chip seal operations, visitors Shall be detoured by way of Burnt Ridge Road, Also referred to as Forest Service Road 2308, which is a gravel road.

The Forest Service inspired people to drive with added warning Inside The world of enchancment, understanding there Shall be gear And fullly different people Inside The world, and with the anticipateation that road surfaces Might Even be fullly different than anticipated.

The work is funded by The good American Outdoors Act, a federal invoice To deal with the rising backlog of deferred upmaintain on Forest Service land.

Attain Mail Tribune reporter Vickie Aldous at 541-776-4486 or v[email protected]. Adjust to her on Twitter @VickieAldous.