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City has limited funds for street
improvements near Capitol
Highway project
Regarding your questions about
construction coordination, here is our
response:
If a local street project near the
Southwest Capitol Highway project,
funded by Local Improvement District,
Local Transportation Infrastructure
Charge, or other funds, was designed
and ready for construction at the
same time as the Capitol project, it
may be possible to combine the work
into a single construction contract for
bidding.
This conceivably would create the
opportunity to take advantage of
economies of scale – but there are
no guarantees. Additionally, a larger
project potentially could attract more
competitive bids.
At this point the only local street
work that PBOT is considering near
the Capitol project is either “wrap
around” improvements within a few
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dozen feet of Capitol Highway to tie
the project into existing features, or
limited street improvements paired
with downstream storm water
facilities that would serve runoff from
Capitol Highway.
The scope of these improvements is
currently under development as part
of our 30 percent design for Capitol
Highway, anticipated to be complete
this fall.
Beyond this, there are no specific
funds available for neighboring
streets off of Capitol, other than what
is available for similar streets in the
rest of the city, namely LIDs and LTIC.
Regarding community members
being able to advocate for
prioritization of projects, we do have
a planning effort underway called
Southwest in Motion, which will
take stock of identified projects in
Southwest Portland and work with
the community to establish criteria
and prioritize projects for near-term
implementation.
Southwest residents are encouraged
to sign up for updates on the project at
https://www.portlandoregon.gov/
transportation/72017.
John Brady
Communications Director
Portland Bureau of Transportation
Legislature appropriates $2
million for Capitol Highway
project
We are thrilled to share that in the
final days of the 2017 legislative session,
the Oregon Legislature appropriated
$2,050,587 to the Southwest Capitol
Highway project!
This funding, contained within
House Bill 5006 Section 83, will
supplement local funding in support
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of constructing safety improvements
including sidewalks, crosswalks,
bicycle facilities, and storm water
systems between Multnomah
Vi l l a g e a n d We s t P o r t l a n d
Crossroads. Construction is expected
to begin in 2019.
Thanks to everyone who turned out
to advocate for this project with our
small delegation of legislators, each of
whom can claim a portion of Capitol
Highway within their districts.
We owe a big thank you to Sen.
Richard Devlin, Sen. Ginny Burdick,
Rep. Ann Lininger, Rep. Margaret
Doherty, and Rep. Jennifer Williamson
for securing this funding. Please
thank them for their support.
We also couldn’t have done it
without the support of a dozen
partners, listed below. A big thank
you goes out to these groups for
their advocacy in support of this state
funding request:
• Southwest Neighborhoods Inc.
• Multnomah Neighborhood
Association
• Ashcreek Neighborhood
Association
• City of Portland/Portland City
Council
• Crestwood Neighborhood
Association
• Multnomah Village Business
Association
• Tryon Creek Watershed Council
• West Multnomah Soil & Water
Conservation District
• Oregon Walks
• Friends of Spring Garden Park
• Friends of Woods Park
• Portland Commission on
Disability
And finally, thank you to Portland
City Commissioner Steve Novick
for incorporating the project into the
Fixing Our Streets program, which
provided the initial seed monies to
help leverage additional sources of
funding.
Please stay tuned for additional
updates as the project design
moves forward. You can visit
the project website at https://
w w w. p o r t l a n d o r e g o n . g o v /
transportation/71661 to view the
latest information and sign up for
PBOT updates. Email chrislyons7@
yahoo.com to be added to the MNA
Subcommittee that is serving as a
citizen advisory committee on the
project.
Chris Lyons, Chair
Southwest Capitol Highway Subcommittee
Multnomah Neighborhood Association
Marianne Fitzgerald, Volunteer
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
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