Most West Salem residents have been there, creeping along in a slow yet persistent parade of cars and trucks along Wallace Road. Each vehicle is among tens of thousands that move on this primary road each day. For commuters heading northwest toward McMinnville, Newberg, and Yamhill County, it’s a delay both coming and going to work. For West Salem residents, it’s an orderly constant that ebbs and flows based on the time of day. Kevin Hottmann understands. As Salem’s traffic e

Construction on Doaks Ferry Rd. NW, between Brush College and Orchard Heights Rd. NW, will redirect traffic to Wallace Rd. NW until December 24. This section of Doaks Ferry Rd. NW is closed to traffic during construction. Construction crews are adding new utility infrastructure, including water, storm, and sewer, to support a new private housing development on Colorado Dr. NW. “The closure was deemed necessary due to the location and depth of utility connections in the road