Don't Like Getting Stuck in Traffic?

Here's a friendly list of spots to avoid if you're driving around Bend the week of July 9-15.

Summer Fest runs July 13-15 in Old Downtown Bend and will close the following streets:

Friday, July 13. Minnesota Ave. between Bond and Lava Rd. Oregon Ave. between Wall St. and Bond St.

Saturday, July 14 to Sunday, July 15. Wall St. between Greenwood Ave. and Franklin Ave. Oregon Ave. between Brooks St. and between Bond St. and Bond St. and Lava Rd. Minnesota Ave. between Wall St. and Bond St. and between Bond St. and Lava Rd.

Deschutes Dash is July 14 from 6:30am to 1:30pm. It will have significant impacts on Century Dr. and Columbia St.

There will be flaggers and detours and road closures with local access only on: Century Dr. between Skyline Ranch Rd. and Reed Market Rd.; Century Dr. between Reed Market Rd. and Colorado Ave. Colorado Ave., Century Dr. and Columbia St. And Columbia St. between Colorado Ave. and Shevlin Hixon Dr.

Railroad crossing paving work is scheduled for Logsden St. between Woodland Blvd. and Glenwood Dr. on July 9 to July 13, from 7am to 7pm.

Scott St. between Hwy. 97 ramp and Aune St. for asphalt paving work, single lane closures with flaggers. July 10 to July 13. 7am to 5pm.

Eighth St. between Bennington Way and Ravenwood Dr. for water and sewer services installation, single lane closures with flagging. July 11 to July 13. 7am to 6pm.

Poplar St. between Brookswood Blvd. and Lodgepole Dr. for street preservation work, grind and inlay paving, road closure with detour. July 9 to July 13. 7am to 5pm.

Lodgepole Dr. between Brookswood Blvd. and Poplar St. for street preservation work, grind and inlay paving, road closure with detour. July 9 to July 13. 7am to 5pm.