2 • The Southwest Portland Post
EDITORIAL
June 2012
New sidewalks, trees and swales planned for Multnomah Village
EDITOR’S DESK
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
At a cost of $422, 000 the Portland
Bureau of Environmental Services
(BES) is planning a reconstruction
project in Multnomah Village.
The Multnomah Village Storm-
water Project will include new side-
walks, 12 new street trees, two new
swales to handle stormwater and
a reconfiguration of the on-street
parking between Southwest 35 th and
36 th avenues along Capitol Highway.
Money for the project will come
from a “one percent for green pub-
lic works” fund that all city public
works projects pay into. According
to BES spokesman Stephen Sykes,
the city “anticipates construction in
the spring of 2013.”
“We’ve been working closely with
the Multnomah Village Business As-
sociation,” explained Sykes.
Sykes said that while business
doorways will be impacted, “The
City is working with businesses to
minimize the disruption by limiting
duration of closure during normal
business hours as much as possible.”
Business owners had three major
concerns: make a project that doesn’t
remove existing parking; improve
the north side as well as the south;
and “make a place where people
want to hang out,” said Sykes.
New sidewalks would range
from six feet to nine feet wide. Some
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businesses expressed interest in
sidewalk cafes during a recent open
house, but Sykes said it is up to the
Portland Bureau of Transportation
as to whether permits are issued.
Current sidewalks are abut six feet
wide.
Because of the all the cement, the
core area can be very hot in the sum-
mer months. So the new trees will
provide badly needed shade.
When asked about the new street
trees Sykes said “We’re looking at
non-fruiting trees, perhaps an ash
or a flowering pear.”
Sykes said BES is considering trees
that “aren’t too columnar, don’t
drop too many leaves, or grow so
broadly as to cover necessary busi-
ness signage.”
The two new swales will face each
other on the corner of Southwest 36 th
Avenue and Capitol Highway.
Cars, trucks and bicycles will
share the new 17-feet-wide travel
lane. “Sharrows,” directional arrows
that show bicyclists where to go and
inform motorists of the shared lane,
will be installed.
Sykes said that because of the nar-
rower travel lane, current double-
parking by delivery vehicles “would
be more challenging” under the new
configuration.
Currently, cars are parked in a
diagonal direction on the south side
of Capitol Highway, and in a parallel
fashion along the north side.
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Editor & Publisher: Don Snedecor
Reporters/Writers: Jillian Daley, Stephanie
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That will be reversed with this
project.
Editor’s Note: Residents, how do
you feel about the Multnomah Vil-
lage Stormwater Project? If you are a
business owner or manager in the core
area, how will you and your business
be impacted? Contact Don Snedecor
at 503-244-6933 or e-mail don@mult-
nomahpost.com. We’ll include your
comments in an upcoming story.
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