July 2013
NEWS
The Southwest Portland Post • 3
Latest design for Miles Place includes nine-foot shared roadway, two gravel shoulders
SELLWOOD BRIDGE
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
In March, Multnomah County and
City of Portland officials proposed to
redesign Southwest Miles Place to in-
stall a sidewalk on the west side, at the
expense of some parking and trees, to
allow room for bicyclists using the street
as part of a regional trail.
Residents were unhappy with the
plans, and some suggested letting all
modes share the asphalt, as is the case
now. Last month County officials un-
veiled a new plan that comes closer to
this idea.
The new plan calls for a nine-foot
roadway, just enough for one normal-
sized motor vehicle. On the east side
will be a seven-foot parking zone. On
both sides will be a 4.5 foot gravel
shoulder.
According to Michael McGee of the
Portland Bureau of Transportation,
there will be some loss of parking, and
a large cedar tree will have to be cut
down.
The theory is that the roadway will be
shared, and that bicyclists, pedestrians
and oncoming cars will use the shoul-
ders to get out of the way of vehicles.
“Everyone will have to get along,”
McGee said.
Most of those who attended seemed
satisfied with the proposal. One who
was not was Ludwien Rahman, a
member of the City’s Pedestrian Task
Force. “I’m super-disappointed in this
design,” she said.
“Everyone gets what they wanted
except pedestrians.” What the design
will mean, she said, is that bicyclists and
pedestrians would share a right of way
4.5 feet wide. “Don’t assume you can
throw bikes and pedestrians together
and make it work,” she said.
“I’m from the Netherlands, and we’re
really good at shared streets,” Rahman
continued. “The principal is that the
whole street is shared. This is not at all
acceptable.”
County spokesperson Mike Pullen
said that the project team will talk with
property owners through the summer
to refine the proposal.
Pile driving on the Willamette
River beginning July 10
Work on the new Sellwood Bridge
has entered a critical phase: “in-water”
work in the Willamette River, which
is permitted only between July 10 and
October 15 to accommodate migratory
fish.
Crews will be working on the piers
that will support the new bridge,
Multnomah County spokesperson
Mike Pullen told The Post. As part of
this work, there will be pile driving in
the river up to six days a week from 7
Construction begins on 1.7 million gallon water
tank in Ashcreek
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
a.m. to 6 p.m.
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The Tualatin Valley Water District is
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Garden Home Road at 62nd Drive, ac-
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The District will begin with the de-
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Boone says that little of the work
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although construction vehicles will
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The District will cut down some veg-
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The Ashcreek Neighborhood Associa-
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arguing that it was out of scale with the
area, but failed to prevail in the land use
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