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The maintenance/repair work “We had some pretty serious Scoggins to a condition expected
is being done in two phases. seepage at this location,” Cruise by Washington County travelers.”
Work in FY 2015–16 and summer said. “Water would seep through
2016 completed Phase 1, focusing the road, creating a sheet of ice. Phase 2 of the maintenance
on Scoggins Valley Road, beginning Plus, the road base would get projects will focus on West Shore
with the replacement of two saturated, which caused the road Drive. Multiple landslide areas will
culverts — one which provided to fail. We had a similar situation be repaired, two culverts will be
fish passage — west of Tanner at another location on Scoggins, replaced, guardrails will be
Creek Road in September 2015. and installed another French drain upgraded and six miles of overlay
there in May.” will be applied. About $5.8 million
Stabilization of a landslide area of the $8.5 million cost for the West
started in March 2016. Contractors Contractors spent most of the Shore Drive projects will be funded
rebuilt an entire section of the road summer — May to August — through the Federal Lands Access
near Deacon Drive with layers of applying 2.6 miles of asphalt Program; the remaining $2.7 million
geotextile and rock, and replaced overlay on Scoggins Valley Road, will be funded by the County.
a culvert. from the dam to Stepien Road.
Work included upgrading “The Western Federal Lands
“While this won’t stop the guardrails, in addition to applying division of the Federal Highway
ground beneath the road from 40 feet of overlay on travel and Administration will be designing,
moving, it will reduce the impact bicycle lanes. bidding and overseeing this
of soil movement on the road construction,” Cruise said. “Our
surface,” Cruise said. “Because little maintenance had hope is to start construction
been done on Scoggins for 10-plus in the fall 2017.”
Three French drains, a culvert years, extensive sections of the
and a porous rock layer were then road had to be repaired before Learn more about the Hagg
installed near the intersection of we could apply the overlay,” Lake perimeter roads at
Stepien Road to help drain water Cruise said. “This was the part of www.co.washington.or.us/LUT/
away from the road. the project that really capped off TransportationProjects/hagg-lake-
the repairs needed to return perimeter-roads.cfm
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