Work on Highway 34 to improve traffic safety

Road work has begun on Highway 34 in an effort to reduce automobile crashes and fatalities.

At a Jan. 26 Forum Lunch hosted by the Lebanon Chamber of Commerce, representatives from the Oregon Department of Transportation explained the new project that affects locals from Sweet Home to Corvallis.

Traffic improvement on Highway 34 has been legislatively mandated because there have been so many crossover crashes, Angela Beers-Sydel, public information officer for ODOT, told attendees at…