Pacific Power employees install a new utility pole Wednesday morning in preparation to move overhead wires to make way for a joint state and city road project involving U. S. Highway 97, Third Street and Murphy Road. The goal of the Highway 97/Murphy Road project is to improve safety and connectivity by constructing an east-to-west arterial thoroughfare in the south end of Bend and eliminating the traffic signals at the intersections of Highway 97 and Pinebrook Boulevard and of Highway 97 and Third Street.