2 • The Southwest Portland Post
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK
Burlingame trunk sewer
line under construction
through July
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
According to Stephen Sykes of the
Portland Bureau of Environmental
TriMet Studies Hillsdale
Pedestrian Problems
(Continued from Page 1)
tential conflicts with motorists – as
Barbur Boulevard pedestrians.
The study recommends:
1. Sidewalks should be at least
10-feet wide along Barbur Boule-
vard and Capitol Highway where
walkways are lacking.
2. Landscaped buffers are needed
between traffic and all sidewalks
along Barbur Boulevard and Capitol
Highway.
3. More frequent and better-
marked crosswalks on Barbur Bou-
levard. Key intersections such as
Barbur and Bertha boulevards
should have curb-extensions to
create shorter crossings, mid-street
islands for pedestrian safety and
possible right-turn-on-red restric-
tions for motorists.
4. Signals should be timed to give
slower-moving pedestrians enough
opportunity to safely cross the street
at the busiest intersections.
TriMet has identified no money for
building these sidewalks, crosswalks
and other improvements in Hillsdale
or the nine other areas in the study,
EDITORIAL
Services, work will continue on the
Burlingame trunk sewer line along
Multnomah Boulevard between South-
west 31 st and Interstate 5 through July.
The slip lane from Southwest Barbur
Boulevard to westbound Multnomah
Boulevard will require a temporary
detour in order to allow a pipe connec-
tion to be made.
This work is anticipated to take about
three days. Signs will be posted several
days in advance of the road closure.
Between Southwest 28th and 31st
avenues, the contractor in late March
Englemann said. The agency owns
none of the streets and sidewalks
around the 621 bus stops included
in the analysis.
“This is a first step in working
with our local, regional, and state
partners to create better walking
environments to transit stops and
more livable communities,” said
Englemann.
In Hillsdale, the City of Portland
maintains Capitol Highway and
the Oregon Department of Trans-
portation is responsible for Barbur
Boulevard.
TriMet budgeted $140,000 for the
study, tapping a $125,000 federal
grant for the bulk of the work, Engle-
mann said. The agency chipped in
$15,000.
TriMet also studied pedestrian
access to transit at the Southwest
Scholls Ferry Road and Beaverton-
Hillsdale Highway intersection in
Raleigh Hills.
The TriMet study included a num-
ber of suburban areas and two other
areas in Portland: Southeast Division
Street at 122 nd Avenue and Southeast
Powell Boulevard at 82 nd Avenue.
Read the reports at http://trimet.org/
projects/pedestrian-network.htm.
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was preparing to start excavation and
pipe installation.
Signs restricting on-street parking on
Southwest Multnomah Boulevard from
28 th to 30 th avenues are in place or are
going up soon. Sykes said to be aware
of parking restrictions.
“We will be working closely with
business owners and property manag-
ers through this section (Southwest 28 th
to 30 th avenues),” said Sykes.
“There are three private parking
lots with direct access to Southwest
Multnomah Boulevard that will be
blocked as the pipe is installed.” More
information will be available in a few
weeks for those properties.
Sykes said to watch signs for traffic
restrictions near Southwest 31 st and
Multnomah Boulevard. A manhole
and pipe installation will be occurring
through April. For more information
check www.portlandonline.com/bes/
burlingame.
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New sidewalk and cycle track to be
built on Multnomah Boulevard
According to Rich Newlands, project
manager with the Portland Bureau of
Transportation, a new 12-feet-wide
sidewalk and 7-feet-wide cycle track
will be built on the north side of South-
west Multnomah Boulevard in mid to
late summer.
On the south side, a 9-feet-wide multi-
use path will be built at the same time.
According to Newlands, this space will
eventually include a 7-feet-wide cycle
track with a 2-feet-wide landscaped
buffer or swale to help protect bicyclists
from motorists.
At the same time a pedestrian-acti-
vated crosswalk, featuring a rapid flash
beacon, will be installed at Southwest
25th Avenue to allow pedestrians and
bicyclists to safely cross Multnomah
Boulevard. A similar crosswalk was
recently installed on Barbur Boulevard
near Hamilton Street.
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