Bend, OR – According to the city officials, the intersection now qualifies for an all-way-stop configuration because of increasing traffic volume.

O.B. Riley Road has changed from a low-volume rural road to a busier urban street. The corridor has seen new construction of housing developments.

It’s a route to the North Star Elementary School and the Riley Ranch Nature Preserve. East-west traffic on Empire Avenue is also increasing.  

The City’s 2020 GO Bond projects include building a roundabout there in the future, but that project is more than three years away.

The most common crash type involved a through vehicle on Empire and a southbound vehicle on O.B. Riley.