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Dangerous traffic on
Shattuck Road shouldn’t be
blamed on Alpenrose
Regarding, “Many people are rocketing
up and down Shattuck Road,” letter by
Rick Kappler, November 2014 edition of
The Post.
EDITORIAL
Mr. Kappler ’s letter to the editor
about the traffic on Shattuck Road
s u g g e s t s A l p e n ro s e D a i r y h a s
somehow contributed to the dangers
on Shattuck Road.
I have lived less than a hundred
yards from the Alpenrose velodrome
for the last 14 years, and before then
within a mile for another 25 years.
Alpenrose is the best neighbor—the
things they do for the community
could fill a series of articles for this
paper. Alpenrose was here long before
any of their neighbors, including Mr.
Kappler.
Their commercial traffic is negligible.
The “events” are free events for the
public on their grounds, far nicer than
what our Parks Departments are able
to fund.
The current speed and congestion
issues with Shattuck Road are directly
related to the Fanno Creek Bridge
reconstruction [Oleson Road near
December 2014
Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway].
With or without the temporary
adverse effects from the construction,
there was never any room on Shattuck
for pedestrians or bicycles.
It is a narrow, poorly lit, overgrown
horse path that got paved. Shattuck
Road was dangerous and “very
scary” for pedestrians and bicycles
long before the Fanno Creek Bridge
reconstruction.
In my almost 40 years in the area,
I have purposely never walked
along Shattuck Road or ridden
my bike on Shattuck Road: it is
dangerous.
Shattuck Road
will be just as dangerous after the
bridge is reopened.
Yes, it would be nice to have Shattuck
Road “overhauled” too, but until then,
pedestrians and bicycles should just
stay off Shattuck Road. Just one block
from Vermont Street and Shattuck
Road is Oleson Road with beautiful
sidewalks and bike lanes that run
somewhat parallel to Shattuck Road.
Eric Miller
Hayhurst
Don’t jump on ‘more and
wider roads’ campaign
regarding Shattuck Road
I sympathize with [letter writer]
Rick Kappler who wrote recently with
concerns about traffic on Shattuck
Road, but please don’t jump on the
more and wider roads campaign where
we have been hypnotized for decades.
The Oleson Road “improvement”
sacrificed 400 trees. The current Fanno
Creek Bridge project at Oleson cut
down more trees and is costing at least
$7.3 million dollars!
All this to span a small creek that
flooded a low bridge maybe once a
year. Oleson Road, once an attractive
tree lined internal roadway, has become
a truck route. Neighboring homes and
small businesses have been degraded
or abandoned. And for what, so
more trucks and shoppers can service
Washington Square?
As for “Crash Corner” (Oleson Road,
Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, Scholls Ferry
Road), admittedly a poorly designed
intersection, most of the wrecks there
are low speed, minor accidents. Do
we want to speed traffic through just
to save a few minutes in exchange for
high speed collisions?
Let’s reorder our priorities in favor
of pedestrians, bikes, public transit
and traffic calming and not give up so
much to service automobiles, speed
and consumption.
Dell Goldsmith
Raleigh Hills
Robert Gray Middle School
to hold charity drive
Hi Don, I just spoke to you briefly
about the charity drive we are going
to have at Robert Gray Middle
School. Beginning Dec. 1 and running
until Dec. 19, Robert Gray will be
collecting coats, mitten, socks, hats,
and toiletries for Outside In.
Outside In’s mission is to
help homeless youth and other
marginalized people move towards
improved health and self-sufficiency.
We would appreciate so much if you
could put an ad in The Post letting the
Southwest community know they can
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