Downtown is one of several neighborhoods that
could benefit from these grants.
(Photos © J. Maus/BikePortland)
A fleet of major projects to improve bike and foot travel in downtown Portland, East Portland, SE Foster Road, SW Barbur Boulevard and Southwest Portland's neighborhoods will be competing for dollars and attention with freight-related projects at an open house next week.
The five projects are among many competing for $94 million from Metro's regional flexible fund allocation, one of the few channels of federal support for bike and walking transportation.
"Your feedback can help decide which projects get recommended to receive funding," Metro says on its website, which is one week from tonight in the Portland Building at 1120 SW 5th Ave (PDF).
Here are the projects up for feedback, in person or by email to dan.bower@portlandoregon.gov:
Downtown: A $6 million upgrade to downtown biking and walking that city staff describe as "one of the most significant investments in active transportation this region has experienced in several years." We've previously covered this proposal in February and May. It doesn't yet identify which streets would see these improvements, but it's part of a plan to prepare downtown for major residential development by making streets safer and more traffic-efficient.
This project would also include "preliminary development of a new greenway trail south of the Marquam Bridge, providing access to the new transit bridge serving the South Waterfront."
East Portland: $3 million for sidewalk and crossing improvements on Southeast Powell Boulevard, $1.5 million for missing sidewalks, crossings and walking connections identified by East Portland in Motion and the TriMet Pedestrian Network Analaysis, $1.5 million for six miles' worth of the 100s and 150s neighborhood greenways, and $2 million for crossings, stops and shelters that'll "greatly enhance service, safety and operations for public transportation users."
One grant would better connect bike
lanes on Barbur Boulevard.
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
Southwest Barbur Boulevard: Connecting gaps in the sidewalks and bike lanes between Southwest 19th Avenue and 26th Way/Barbur Court, including major upgrades to the crossings at Southwest 22nd Avenue and the Southwest Barbur Court connections to 26th Way.
Southwest Portland in Motion: Creating a five-year strategy for transportation improvements to all of Southwest Portland south of Sunset Highway and outside the South Waterfront. This would be modeled on the city's recent East Portland in Motion project.
Southeast Foster Road: Help turn the stretches of this road between Southeast 63rd and 77th avenues and between 80th and Interstate 205 into "regional main streets" by making the street "a safe, pleasant, attractive and comfortable place to walk" and adding "dedicated bicycle facilities on Foster."
Projects will be selected for funding by JPACT and the Metro Council in October, based in part on comments received at next week's open house and/or sent to Active Transportation Division Manager Dan Bower at dan.bower@portlandoregon.gov.
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