PBOT plans 10 major construction projects for Portland roads, neighborhoods
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Through 2024, the Portland Bureau of Transportation will launch multiple major construction projects to make the city’s most dangerous streets safer for drivers, pedestrians and cyclists.
The capital projects are estimated to cost over $100 million overall, using state and federal grants and investments from local partners.
Here are the 10 areas with construction projects slated through the summer.
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Southwest Fourth Avenue
Upgrading Southwest Fourth Avenue is the “marquee project” of PBOT’s Central City in Motion plan, aimed at improving Portland’s downtown core. The agency plans to reconstruct and repave the road between Southwest Lincoln Street and West Burnside.
Crews will also add a protected bikeway from Southwest Caruthers to West Burnside, along with new crosswalks, traffic signals, street lighting, ADA curb ramps and a bus transit lane.
Slated for this spring, the project is estimated to cost $16.9 million.
Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood
According to PBOT, over 1,000 Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood residents petitioned for this $7.8 million project. The transportation officials will fill gaps in the sidewalks on Southeast Duke and Flavel Streets between Southeast 52nd Avenue and Southeast 82nd Avenue.
Additionally, the agency will construct a neighborhood greenway on parts of Southeast Knapp Drive and Southeast Ogden Street. Crews will also upgrade crossings and access to schools and parks in the area, starting this spring.
Southeast 174th Avenue
PBOT will build a 10-foot concrete sidewalk for pedestrians and cyclists on the west side of Southeast 174th Avenue between Southeast Stark and Main streets. New curb ramps, marked crosswalks and street trees will be added as well.
Officials said this project, beginning this spring, will help Alder Elementary School students and their families. It uses $2 million in funds from the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Safe Routes to School program and another $2 million from the city’s Fixing Our Streets program.
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Northeast Cornfoot Road
With a $4 million budget, PBOT will repave Northeast Cornfoot Road from Northeast Airtrans Way to Northeast Alderwood Road and improve the street lighting this spring. Guardrails will be installed on the south side of Northeast Cornfoot Road as well.
Safer Outer Stark
According to officials, Southeast Stark Street from Southeast 108th Avenue to the Gresham border is one of Portland’s most dangerous crash corridors. Phase three of the Safer Outer Stark project will include “curb-to-curb grind-and-pave by PBOT Maintenance Operations” between Southeast 108th and 117th Avenues, protected bike lanes and updated ADA ramps. The full project will cost $20 million, with phase three commencing this spring.
Northeast Halsey Street
Starting this summer, PBOT crews will install sidewalks on the north side of Northeast Halsey Street between 85th and 92nd Avenues. The project also consists of buffered bike lanes, an upgrade for the path between the Northeast 82nd Avenue MAX station and 81st Avenue and improved crossings and curb ramps. The budget is $8.4 million.
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Jade-Montavilla neighborhoods
Southeast Stark and Washington Street will see upgraded pedestrian crossings and bike lanes. In the Jade District, PBOT will install sidewalks or paving to “substandard local streets that lead to business corridors” such as Southeast Clinton Street and Southeast 85th Avenue. The agency plans to add signalized pedestrian and bicycle crossings at Southeast Tibbetts Street and 82nd Avenue.
The construction project is expected to start this summer and cost $9 million.
122nd Avenue
122nd Avenue is another one of Portland’s high crash corridors, PBOT reported. With $3.3 million from the Fixing Our Streets plan, the bureau will add new traffic signals and high visibility crosswalks this summer.
Northeast Killingsworth Street
Transportation officials will add street lighting to the north side of Northeast Killingsworth Street, and repave the street between Northeast 53rd Avenue and Northeast Cully Boulevard. The area will also have a parking-protected bike lane and less on-street parking to increase visibility for commuters.
“The mid-block half-signal between NE 54th and 55th Avenues will be updated with new median islands for pedestrian safety and additional median islands will also be added at the existing NE 64th Avenue crossing,” PBOT added.
The budget includes $3.4 million from the Fixing Our Streets plan and another $750,000 for the new lights.
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82nd Avenue
A 2.5-mile stretch of Portland’s most dangerous corridor will have a complete makeover with wider sidewalks, red-stamped brick between intersections and new pedestrian crossings. Crews will also install or improve curb ramps, traffic signals, street markings, pavement and a median with about 250 trees. The $55 million project begins this summer.
“As our city grows, so does the need for strategic investment in our transportation system to ensure it is fulfilling the needs of everyone in our community,” PBOT Director Millicent Williams. “My sincere thanks and appreciation to the thousands of Portlanders who have contributed their time, energy and input to ensure that these projects effectively serve the neighborhoods and communities for which they are planned and designed.”
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