The Oregon Department of Transportation announced Tuesday, July 27, a construction project to make U.S. Highway 20 east of Sweet Home safer by constructing a retaining wall, realigning and reconstructing a portion of road and repairing landslide damage.
The wall will be installed from milepost 56 to 56.2 to help slow slide movement.
The single-lane road width will be 11 feet through Friday, Aug. 13, an ODOT press release stated. Wider loads can be accommodated…