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Given the upcoming improvements, why was the section of Highway 213 near Washington Street included in the recent repaving effort?

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Given the upcoming improvements, why was the section of Highway 213 near Washington Street included in the recent repaving effort?

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• In the 2008-2009 construction season, ODOT completed a project to repave Highway 213 from I-205 to Conway Drive. The project included repairing a sinking spot on the highway at the Washington Street intersection. The sinking in the highway at this location was a safety concern and needed to be fixed in order to protect the safety of the driving public. Repaving the roadways is a routine maintenance operation to maintain the service life of the pavement surface. In 2008-2009 during the repavement operations on Highway 213, the City of Oregon City was beginning preliminary work to design improvements to the Highway 213/Washing Street intersection, “Jughandle” project. At that time, there was no available funding to construct the “Jughandle” project and ODOT did not have the means to anticipate that the 2009 legislature would pass a bill to provide construction funding for significant projects like the Jughandle. Because of poor pavement conditions of Highway 213 from I-205 to Conway Dr

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