2 • The Southwest Portland Post
EDITORIAL
July 2014
Southwest Corridor Plan forum in
Tigard.
John Smith
The Southwest Portland Post
4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509
Portland, OR 97206
Fax: (866) 727-5336
email: editor@multnomahpost.com
How will Barbur Boulevard
be reconfigured (for bus or
light rail)?
Regarding, “Southwest Corridor
Plan rolls on with full cast of characters
and issues,” by Erik Vidstrand, The
Post, March 2014.
On the cover of your March 2014
issue, Erik Vidstrand did the cover
article about the Southwest Cor-
ridor Plan and in paragraph two
stated, “Barbur Boulevard is not
going down to one lane each way.”
Maybe he could do a follow up
article with the latest changes. Sec-
tions will in fact only have one lane
going north into downtown.
I think this would be a good article
and people would like to know
that all the current options being
considered for the Southwest Cor-
ridor Plan (either bus rapid transit
or light rail transit) include losing
drive lanes on Barbur Boulevard.
The Metro representative makes it
sound like only two options include
losing lanes but it is all of them per
the Tri-Met presenter (“Matt”) at the
Celebrating
21
Years in
Business!
Editor’s Note: The above letter
was received May 28, after our
deadline for the June edition. Read
Erik Vidstrand’s latest story on the
Southwest Corridor Plan on Page 4.
South Waterfront residents
want a grocery store
Portland`s South Waterfront area
has grown rapidly in population
during the past few years. The
whole general area badly needs a
grocery store.
There is a petition circulating in
the area sponsored by the South
Portland Neighborhood Association
and the South Waterfront Commu-
nity Association.
The petition asks Mayor Charlie
Hales and the Portland Develop-
ment Commission to assist in mak-
ing this happen before the large
land parcels are consumed by other
developments.
Over 1,000 residents have already
signed the petition. You can help by
contacting Mayor Hales (Hales@
portlandoregon.gov) and /or Pat-
rick Quinton (quintonp@pdc.us).
The petitions are located at all
the South Waterfront towers and at
Rilassi’s Cafe. They will be available
at the South Waterfront Farmers
Market on Thursday afternoons.
Roger Gertenrich
South Waterfront
4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509
Portland, OR 97206
Phone: (503) 244-6933; Fax: (866) 727-5336
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Multnomah Village activists held a safety vigil at Southwest Capitol Highway and Miles
Street on June 16. (Photo courtesy of Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen)
Safety vigils along Capitol Highway ongoing
Once again, Multnomah Village
activists met on Southwest Capitol
Highway near Miles Street to urge
drivers to travel at the posted speed
limits.
Signs were placed for maximum
exposure with the local citizens
waving slow down motions or
thank you waves. The new partner
in the efforts to slow down traffic is
Officer Dan Spiegel.
He comes with a very recogniz-
able City of Portland Police vehicle
and as well as a hand-held radar
gun which is very handy when
identifying speeders.
Verbal warnings were issued [by
Officer Spiegel] during the June 16
rush hour vigil and another vigil
is planned for Capitol Highway at
40th Avenue later this month.
Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen
Multnomah Village
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