Kivett named 'Top Gun' for second year

For the second year in a row, Justin Kivett, a light equipment operator in the LUT Operations and Maintenance Division, has been named " Top Gun" by the Oregon Association of County Engineers and Surveyors (OACES).

Kivett, who has been with LUT for eight years, was the top performer in the OACES 25th Annual Skills Demo and Safety Conference. The skills demonstration involved six areas of competition, including chain on-off, pre-trip inspection, backhoe, loader, grader and truck plow.

Kivett competed against 85 other participants from 18 counties and was awarded Top Gun for earning the highest overall score in all areas.

"I enjoy going to the event every year, because it's a good opportunity to network," Kivett said. "The competition is just a small part of it. Most of our time is spent in classrooms learning how other municipalities operate around the state."

Roy Rogers Road area open house is Sept. 27

The public is invited to learn more about traffic impacts, road construction, pipelines and sewer pipe installations in the Roy Rogers Road area at an open house from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Mountainside High School, 12500 SW 175th Ave.

Staff from Clean Water Services, Willamette Water Supply Program, Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation and the city of Tigard will be available to answer questions and to gather input on current and future projects in the area. Developers working in the area have also been invited to share information. For a sign or spoken-language interpreter, call 503-846-4963 (or 7-1-1 for Telecommunications Relay Service) at least 48 hours prior to this event.

The four public organizations also partnered to create GetUsThere.org, a one-stop website with information on all projects and related traffic impacts in the Roy Rogers Area. The website includes both an interactive map and a project list in text/table form. Visit the site to review projects' status, detours and more.

Highlights from wc-roads.com

• 174th Avenue, between Bronson Road and Santiam Drive, for culvert replacement, through Oct. 5.
• 175th Avenue, at Kemmer Road, for roundabout construction, Oct. 17-31.
• Clark Hill Road, south of Tile Flat Road, for bridge replacement, through Oct. 22.  Media release  Detour 
• Grahams Ferry Road, between Basalt Creek Parkway and Tonquin Loop, through Oct. 30.  Media release  Detour 
• Kemmer Road, west of 175th Avenue, for roundabout construction, through Oct. 16.  Media release  Detour
• Kemmer Road at 175th Avenue, for roundabout construction, Oct. 17-31.