February 17, 2016
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Black History Month
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There’s a proposal to move Kevin J. Duckworth Memorial Dock located on the Eastbank
Esplanade, downtown, to another site downstream at Swan Island. Public comments on the
plan are now being taken.
Duckworth Dock May Move
City department wants out of dock upkeep
by m iChAel l eighton
p ortlAnd o bserver editor
The downtown core may
be losing its public dock on
the Willamette River with a
proposal to move it to Swan
Island.
The Oregon State Marine
Board is soliciting public
comment on the proposed re-
location of the Kevin J. Duck-
worth Memorial Dock from its
current location on the East-
bank Esplanade, upstream of
the Steel Bridge.
The dock was dedicated as
a memorial for Kevin Duck-
worth after his death from
heart failure in 2008. The be-
loved former Portland Trail
Blazer was fan favorite who
loved to boat and ish for
salmon in the downtown core.
It was constructed a few years
earlier as part of the Oregon
Convention Center as a short
term and day-use facility for
recreational boaters. Manage-
ment of the dock was by Port-
land’s Department of Trans-
portation.
Now PDOT is facilitating a
request by Daimler Corpora-
tion to move the dock to a gre-
enway along the Willamette
River near where the company
plans to build a new headquar-
ters on Swan Island, according
to John Brady, PBOT commu-
nications director.
Brandy says the city’s trans-
portation department doesn’t
want to be in the dock business,
and under the proposal, main-
tenance and security would be
transferred to Portland Parks
and Recreation at the new site.
Upkeep could eventually be
assumed by Daimler, the Swan
Island truck maker, depending
on future negotiations, but the
dock would still be maintained
for public use, Brady said.
The proposed new location
would connect to the North
Portland Willamette Green-
way trail about 2.75 miles
downstream from its current
location. The site would in-
clude a 200 foot slow-no wake
zone and allow short-term
overnight and day use tie-up
for recreational boaters, ofi-
cial said.
Daimler is building its wa-
terfront headquarters on Swan
Island, a $150 million project
that the German-owned com-
pany says will result in 400
new, high-wage, white-collar
jobs. It will receive $20 mil-
lion in public support for the
project.
The Marine Board will host
a public meeting on the dock
moving proposal on Tues-
day, Feb. 23 from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. at the Portland Build-
ing, Room C, 1120 S.W. Fifth
Ave. to receive oral and writ-
ten comments from interested
parties.
A submission deadline for
written comment is also on
Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m.
You can email Janine.belle-
que@state.or.us or mail your
correspondence to Janine
Belleque, Boating Facili-
ties Manager, 435 Commer-
cial Street NE, Suite 400,
P.O. Box 14145, Salem, OR
97309-5056.
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