Staff and visitors will need to use alternate routes when accessing the Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center campus in Corvallis beginning Sept. 5 because of a paving project that will delay traffic flow on Samaritan Drive.
The plan is to pave one lane of the road Sept. 5 and follow with the paving of the opposite lane the next day — an approach to still allow access for emergency vehicles and deliveries.
Crews will return Sept. 18-19 for striping the roadway.
Staff and visitors are encouraged to use the Satinwood Street entrance to the hospital campus. Those exiting off of Highway 99W should remain on Elks Drive and turn right on Satinwood Street in order to access the parking lots off the northwest corner of NW Samaritan Drive.
Officials said there will be limited access on Samaritan Drive with at least one driveway always open for both Cascade View Medical Plaza and the Mario Pastega House. However, the bus stop at Cascade View will remain closed during the project.
Although the gravel lot is still accessible, it will also be used for paving vehicles. An area of the medical plaza parking lot will also be set aside for staging the larger paving machinery.
The bus stop in front of the hospital will remain open.
