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2 • The Southwest Portland Post EDITORIAL The Southwest Portland Post 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509 Portland, OR 97206 Fax: (866) 727-5336 email: editor@multnomahpost.com Many people are rocketing up and down Shattuck Road Will you please attend the next Hayhurst Neighborhood Association meeting at Hayhurst Elementary School on Monday, Nov. 17 at 7:00 p.m.? Some people are going to do what they decide is right in their own mind when roads close. The eight month construction and closure of the Fanno Creek Bridge on Oleson Road near “Crash Corner” in Raleigh Hills has had many effects on the surrounding neighborhoods. Editor’s Note: The writer is referring to the intersection of Oleson Road, Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and Scholls Ferry Road. [Approximately] 11,000 cars and freight trucks and pedestrians and bicyclists were using that bridge. A temporary pedestrian and bike bridge is in place. Many people are rocketing up and down Shattuck Road. Over 27 people were at a suddenly- scheduled meeting to talk with the bridge project engineer Pat Oakes and Portland’s Winston Sandino November 2014 about solutions to the traffic and safety problems. Alpenrose Dairy, located on Shattuck Road, employs many workers and industries and has many party events. Alpenrose is the starting place of the future Red Electric Trail, but Portland Bureau of Transportation and various bureaus need to overhaul the far edges of Southwest to resemble the cost-effective ($89 per linear foot) overhaul of Maplewood Road. What other business in Portland is like Alpenrose? I often walk and take a bicycle on various roads in southwest Portland, but Shattuck Road is now very scary to even walk on the shoulders and ditches during many hours of the day. (The outer parts of Vermont Street aren’t pleasant, either.) There has been a registered 150 percent increase in traffic on Shattuck Road after the closure of car traffic on Oleson Road, but that study was from early August and it was before school started. Plus, nearby Jesuit High School and Oregon Episcopal School have many employees, parents, and students [commuting] from around the metro area; some even drive one- half mile to get to school. The issue is that Washington County has upgraded several parts of roads in Raleigh Hills and Garden Home that range from complete overhauls like Oleson Road and the Scholls Ferry Road / Fanno Creek Bridge to wider shoulders well be … and well informed Bowman’s Hillsdale Pharmacy 6256 SW Capitol Hwy. 503-244-7582 • email: hdrx@pcez.com for pedestrians on 92nd Avenue and the part of Scholls Ferry Road from Hamilton Street to near the old Safeway by Crash Corner. Washington County is also moving forward to overhaul Crash Corner, but what is Portland doing? A lower 30 mph speed limit, as told by Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Kyle Chisek, is on the way for Vermont Street from 30th Avenue to the county line by Oleson Road instead of the current 35 mph limit. Rick Kappler Hayhurst Thanks for covering the Water Bureau’s presentation on surplus property Regarding, “Commissioner Fish and Water Bureau staff discuss surplus property policy,” by Erik Vidstrand, The Post, October 2014. Thank you for your coverage of the Water Bureau’s presentation to the Multnomah Neighborhood Association at its meeting last month. We visited MNA to talk about our new Surplus Property Policy, designed to strengthen public involvement and public notice requirements when the City sells surplus property. We heard thoughtful suggestions for improvements at the meeting, and we have incorporated many of them into the new policy. Our new, more transparent approach includes “for sale” signs on the property, notices in community newspapers, and timely notification to the local neighborhood and business associations. MNA community members were instrumental in creating the new policy. We know we do our best work in partnership with the community, and we are grateful for MNA’s ongoing feedback and involvement. Thanks again to Moses Ross and the Multnomah Neighborhood Association for hosting us, and to The Southwest Portland Post for covering this important issue. •Walk-In Adult Immunizations •Flu Shots Available Celebrating 22 Years in Business! 4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509 Portland, OR 97206 Phone: (503) 244-6933; Fax: (866) 727-5336 general email: news@multnomahpost.com web address: www.swportlandpost.com Editor & Publisher .........Don Snedecor Reporters/Writers ...........Lee Braymen-Cleary, KC Cowan, Janet Goetz, Erik Vidstrand Copy Editor ......................Rich Riegel Advertising Sales ...........Don Snedecor, Harry Blythe Graphic Design ..............Leslie Baird Design Printing ............................Oregon Lithoprint Circulation .......................Ambling Bear © 2014 by The Southwest Portland Post. All rights reserved. The opinions of the artists and authors contained herein are not necessarily shared by the publisher. Deadline for news and advertising is generally the 20th of the month prior to publication. Please call for current deadline information. Advertising rates are available upon request. The Post has a circulation of 7,000 in Multnomah Village and the surrounding neighborhood business districts including Burlingame, Capitol Hill, Garden Home, Glen Cullen, Hillsdale, South Portland, Raleigh Hills, West Portland and Vermont Hills. The Post is published on or about the 1st of every month. Subscriptions are $14 per year. Back issues are $2.50 each when available. All major credit cards accepted. The Post is printed on recycled newsprint using soy-based inks. •Experienced Compounding Pharmacists www.mygnp.com Nick Fish Portland City Commissioner David Shaff Water Bureau Administrator
