MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) - The Ashland City Council voted to modify an agreement with the Oregon Department of Transportation to supply city water to a proposed rest area and welcome center on Interstate 5.
ODOT and Travel Oregon would lease the welcome center from the state. The Mail Tribune newspaper reports (https://is.gd/gWxlWt ) that the council voted to make sure those entities provide the strongest possible assurances it would be staffed on a daily basis.
The rest area is intended to replace one that closed in 1997. The federal government requires rest areas to be placed no more than 60 miles apart and requested it be replaced as soon as possible.
The proposed site was chosen back in 2008, but construction has been delayed by land-use battles.
In February, the council directed a city attorney to draft an agreement with ODOT that included the city’s “wish list” of safety measures.
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Information from: Mail Tribune, https://www.mailtribune.com/
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