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The Southwest Portland Post
4207 SE Woodstock Blvd #509
Portland, OR 97206
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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
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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.
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