Ryan Brennecke / The BulletinPedestrians walk around a closed section of sidewalk Thursday afternoon as Oregon Department of Transportation contractor Knife River prepares to pave a three-block section of U.S. Highway 20 between Larch Street and Elm Street later in the evening. The base layer of the three-block section is expected to be completed by Saturday and opened to traffic until work on the westbound section between Elm Street and Pine Street is completed, when a final layer of asphalt will applied over the entire project. The paving portion of the project is scheduled to be completed by May 15.

Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin

Pedestrians walk around a closed section of sidewalk Thursday afternoon as Oregon Department of Transportation contractor Knife River prepares to pave a three-block section of U.S. Highway 20 between Larch Street and Elm Street in Sisters later in the evening. The base layer of the three-block section is expected to be completed by Saturday and opened to traffic until work on the westbound section between Elm Street and Pine Street is completed, when a final layer of asphalt will applied over the entire project. The paving portion of the project is scheduled to be completed by May 15.