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CAMAS — A highly anticipated roundabout at Northeast Lake Road and Northeast Everett Street is expected to start taking shape in a couple of months.

Roughly 100 people viewed the final design of the roundabout during a meeting Thursday at Lacamas Lake Lodge. City officials are pushing for construction to begin in March and finish in October.

With the design in hand, next steps include completing the permitting process and opening bids for construction contracts in what Public Works Director Steve Wall called an “aggressive” timeline.

“We’re moving quickly here at the end to be able to get everything in place so that we can open bids and then have a contractor there as quickly as possible,” Wall said at the meeting.

From late March through July, workers will remove roughly 201 trees — before later planting 524 trees. Traffic will continue to flow through the current intersection during the first construction phase, said Greg Jellison, principal civil engineer with PBS Engineering.