Category Archives: Roads & Transportation
Road News January 2024
• Preparation for Cornell Road sidewalk repair underway
• Walker Road project updates
• Tolling for Washington County freeways?
Road News November 2023
The Walker Road and Murray Boulevard Intersection project took a step forward, thanks to a Conditional Letter of Map Revision (CLOMR) from FEMA, required for the realignment of a portion of North Johnson Creek where it meets Cedar Mill Creek.
Road News October 2023
• Cornell Road Ribbon Cutting
• Sidewalk Repair Grant Program
• Keep your storm drains clear
• CHB/Barnes intersection unsafe for bicycles
August 2023 Road News
• Thompson Road realignment approved
• Pedestrian and Biking Improvement Projects Online Open House
• Metro survey on regional transportation policies, strategies, and investment priorities
• Cornell road work mostly completed!
• Oregon 217 Auxiliary Lanes Project continues
July 2023 Road News
• Thompson Road improvements may face delay from county budget shortfall
• Pedestrian and Biking Improvement Projects online open house
• Cornell Road sidewalk grating to be removed
Pedaling My Way Through Bethany
Most days I get on my electric cargo bike, often with my two kids in the back, and set off on various routine expeditions around Bethany—preschool, grocery stores, libraries, cafes, doctor visits, you name it. And potentially to help others, I have been recording my journeys and making the videos available on YouTube, with overlaid GPS map and elevation information. My goal is to augment trail/road maps with a first-person perspective of how I use a mix of different infrastructures to run my daily errands.
Road News June 2023
• Thompson realignment project
• Three pedestrian/bike improvements for Bethany area to be built this summer
• Cornell Road improvement
• Filbert sidewalk
Road news May 2023
• Walker Road Phase 2 Meet the Contractor Open House
• Filbert sidewalk update
• URMD gets ten more years
CPO News April 2023
• April CPO1 meeting
• CPO 7 Special Event
• March meeting notes
• LUT Transportation Improvement Project Update
• Recycling Basics, Food Waste Reduction and More
April 2023 Road News
• Westside Multimodal Improvements Study
• Cornell sidewalk needs work
Handling ‘Snowmageddon!’
We asked three of the major service providers in our area about the behind-the-scenes activity that takes place as they dealt with the unexpected and amazing snow event in late February. (Is it over yet?)
