6 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
September 2016
Community invited to Sept. 22 open house on the future light rail project
SOUTHWEST CORRIDOR PLAN
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
Beginning this fall, the Southwest
Corridor Plan enters its next phase: the
Southwest Light Rail Project. According
to project planners, a federally required
environmental review process is going
to last until the end of 2017. At that time,
a draft environmental impact statement
(DEIS) will be published with a public
comment period in early 2018.
“This detailed study,” said Noelle
Dobson, Metro senior public affairs
specialist, “is going to look at both
the positive and negative impacts of
the built and natural environments.
The DEIS will recommend strategies
for minimizing or avoiding adverse
impacts.”
The community is invited to learn
about this phase at an open house on
Thursday, Sept. 22 at the Wilson High
School cafeteria from 6 to 8 p.m.
“A public scoping period has already
begun,” Dobson explained. “Project
staff have been at local farmers markets
gathering information and will continue
to do so throughout September.”
According to Dobson, this is the
opportunity for the public and
government agencies to provide input
on what to study.
A packet will be released that describes
the project’s background, including its
purpose and need. This will include the
light rail plan, bicycle and pedestrian
routes, and road projects.
Information will also be gathered
on air and water quality, traffic and
property impacts, ridership projections,
and station locations.
“Decisions about final alignment
A MAX light rail train stops at Portland State University in downtown Portland.
(Photo by Steve Morgan, Creative Commons license)
choices or station locations will not
be made, however, until the DEIS is
completed,” Dobson remarked.
Dobson said that the decision about
whether to run the light rail alignment
on Barbur Boulevard or on Naito
Parkway south of downtown will not
be made at this time.
Alignment options removed during
the earlier refinement phase included
three potential underground transit
tunnels to Marquam Hill, Hillsdale
town center, and Portland Community
College’s Sylvania campus.
While the DEIS is undertaken, the
Metro project team will continue
seeking funding opportunities for
other projects like connective roadways,
active transportation, parks, trails, and
nature.
Metro partners will continue to
work on strategies to implement
the comprehensive set of goals and
strategies outlined in the 2013 Southwest
Corridor Plan Shared Investment
Strategy. The next steering committee is
not scheduled until November.
“When the DEIS technical analysis is
completed at the end of 2017,” Dobson
assured, “the public will have multiple
opportunities to provide additional
feedback and recommendations.”
To learn more, visit the project website
at www.swcorridorplan.org.
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humorous. She showed this reporter
cigarette butts wedged in cracks between
her wooden siding and bench potentially
causing a devastating fire.
“These players also tapped into my
electrical outlet. I’m annoyed at having
to turn off my circuit breaker at night
because my electric bill is higher.”
Another business owner had the same
problem and worries that there are no
lights on in her business at night for crime
deterrence.
“It’s hard to say how long this fad
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respect our property and clean up after
yourselves.”
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