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2 • The Southwest Portland Post
Bikes and Streetcars
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topography creates unique problems.
For example, Southeast Portland’s grid
street pattern and naming conventions
make navigating relatively easy. Street
names in the Southwest often don’t
follow rhyme or reason. “If it’s not
your neighborhood, you have no idea
where anything is going. So, if the only
street you know is Beaverton-Hillsdale
Highway, for example, and that’s scary
to you, then you don’t ride your bike,”
he said. “We need markings on the
pavement and signs.”
Robin Vesey, who lives on Southwest
Corbett Avenue in the Johns Landing
area, hopes new bicycle facilities avoid
hills. She specifically questioned current
bike route signs that point to Corbett
Avenue’s steep southern section.
“I came to advocate for bicycle safe
streets and lanes,” she said. “We need
one car lane and two bike lanes rather
than two car lanes.” While Vesey un-
derstands the attraction of bike facilities
on quiet streets, she questions their
usefulness in getting people out of their
cars. “I want to get there the quickest
way possible,” she said. “You want the
fastest way, especially if you’re com-
muting.
Don Baack, chairman of the South-
west Trails Committee, commended
the open house and the city’s efforts.
“They did a tremendous amount of
work incorporating suggestions from
Southwest Trails,” he said. “They’re
listening carefully to everyone’s com-
ments.”
Proposed Southwest bicycle facilities attracted a lot of attention at the Open House.
(Post photo by Polina Olsen)
June 2009
City prepares for impact of
pressure sewer line construction
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
The Portland Bureau of Environmen-
tal Services is preparing a work plan,
including ways to minimize impacts,
for the planned replacement of the
Garden Home and Multnomah pres-
sure sewer lines.
According to bureau spokesperson
Stephen Sykes, the work could begin
as early as October, although it is more
likely to be early next year. The line will
extend from Southwest 86 th Avenue and
Scholls Ferry Road through Garden
Home to 69 th Avenue and Multnomah
Boulevard, and from there along
Multnomah to 31 st Avenue.
The Bureau’s recommended con-
struction plan calls for contractors to
work on segments 300 feet long before
proceeding to the next segment, Sykes
told The Post. From 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. they
will always keep one travel lane open.
They may also work at night, he said,
and if so might close the roads to all
but local traffic; the bureau has planned
four detour routes, he said.
At the suggestion of neighborhood
volunteers, he said, the bureau will post
signs warning of the work and detours
well outside the construction area, as
much as two miles away, to give mo-
torists a chance to avoid the area. The
contractor chosen may not adhere to
the recommended plan in every detail,
Sykes said, although he will have to
keep the road open during the day.
BES representatives visited the Hills-
dale and Ash Creek neighborhood as-
sociations last month. They will speak
and hear comments at the Maplewood
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Neighborhood Association June 8
at West Hills Friends Church, 7425
S.W. 52 nd Ave., and the Multnomah
Neighborhood Association June 9 at
the Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 S.W.
Capitol Highway. Both meetings are
at 7 p.m.
Neighborhood News
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The Right budget retains the popular
Neighborhood Grants program, with
some cuts, as the OFA draft did not.
The Right budget’s deepest cuts are to
the Graffiti Abatement Program, whose
funds will be slashed by 50 percent
and whose ability to remove graffiti
independently of volunteer help will
be eliminated. Council is expected to
approve and pass the budget at month’s
end.
Stricker
Remembered
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and she devoted herself to this increas-
ingly after her retirement in 1989.
She also took pleasure in crossword
puzzles, scrabble, an occasional brew,
and especially her extended family
of children, grandchildren and great-
grandchildren.
She was a strong and consistent ad-
vocate for the disadvantaged. Her last
requests were that donations in her
name be made to Sisters of the Road,
and that a keg of beer be served at her
Celebration of Life, which was held
May 21, 2009 at the Multnomah Arts
Center.