November 2011
NEWS
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
Girders to be installed for Gibbs Street Bridge
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
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Street pedestrian bridge are sched-
uled to be installed this month,
with the first set for the night of
November 4, project manager Jean
Seneschal Biggs told The Post last
month.
Crews will start on the western
end and work eastward, Biggs said.
Late during the nights of installa-
tion there may be some lane or even
road closures along Interstate 5 and
Southwest Barbur Boulevard, Kelly
and Macadam avenues, she said.
The project is set for completion by
March, Biggs said.
Barbur Boulevard planning
underway
The Barbur Concept Plan, which
is examining land uses along the
length of the boulevard and may
recommend zoning changes, is up
and running.
A 20-member advisory commit-
tee has been formed and will begin
meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. on the
first Thursday of the month at the
Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 S.W.
Capitol Highway, starting Novem-
ber 3.
The project held two public
“walks” to look at existing condi-
tions and take public feedback, ac-
cording to planner Jay Sugnet.
The first walk visited the West
Portland Town Center at Southwest
Capitol Highway and the intersec-
tion of Southwest Terwilliger Bou-
levard.
The second looked at the Safeway
area near 19 th Avenue and Capitol
Hill Road, and Southwest Hamilton
Street. In addition, Sugnet said, a
community forum is planned for the
second week in December. Details
were unavailable at press time.
Burlingame trunk sewer work
continues
As many residents and commuters
are all too well aware, work on the
Burlingame Trunk Sewer has closed
the Multnomah on and off-ramps to
Interstate 5. When will it end?
According to Bureau of Envi-
ronmental Services spokesperson
Stephen Sykes, the ramps may be
open by November 16, two days
ahead of the stipulated completion
date of November 18.
Meanwhile, there will be sew-
er-related work on Southwest
Multnomah Boulevard between
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22th and 25 th avenues this month,
and some of this work may continue
into the night, Sykes said.
Neighborhood coalition abolishes
trails committee
The Southwest Neighborhoods,
Inc. (SWNI) board of directors
voted in September to abolish their
trails committee.
This step follows Southwest
Trails Committee founder and chair
Don Baack’s decision this summer
to leave SWNI and form a non-
profit corporation to pursue the
committee’s work independently
of the coalition.
Baack claimed the reason for
the separation was that it was too
difficult to work with some of the
individuals involved.
The SWNI board voted to trans-
fer some of the trails committee’s
functions to other committees, most
notably transportation.
In many cases, however, they
chose to let Baack and his sup-
porters assume a leadership role
rather than try to maintain a rival
structure.
In its discussion the board called
for pursuing a collaborative ap-
proach with the new trails group
on specific projects.