January Update
1. Ainsworth Annex Crosswalk plan evaluations: SWHRL continues to work with the Ainsworth community to improve pedestrian safety around the school. At our request, PBOT will be re-evaluating the placement of a School Zone flashing light and study the feasibility of our suggested new location, uphill from the crosswalk near the Ainsworth Annex. We are also exploring options such as speed bumps to discourage speeding cut-through traffic on SW Montgomery.
2. Talbot/Greenway/Patton intersections on draft SWIM project lists – this problematic intersection is on the Draft Project List produced by the SWIM process; our goal is to make that intersection less confusing--and safer--for all who pass through it. A recent traffic analysis by our Transport Lead, Lisa Caballero, showed that peak PM traffic is about 1400 cars during a 75-minute period.
3. Council Crest park closing to repair water tower - Council Crest will be the focus of the Water Bureau’s project to repair the water tower serving 1,300 homes. The park will be closed for 10 days sometime between November 2018 and April 2019.
4. Improving/expanding Portland Heights parking lot - the SWHRL Board voted to send a request to the City to improve and expand the Portland Heights parking lot to meet the current needs of the Park’s programs and activities.
5. Stroheckers – We continue to monitor progress but there has not been any news in the last 2 months. The current owner and their broker welcome suggestions/leads for a local developer and/or tenants to offer the area options we prefer. Send suggestions to contact@swhrl.org
6. Land use update on Tangent Village condo proposal for SW Broadway – we continue to monitor the developers’ submission to the city for the proposed construction of several home and/or condos at the end of Tangent Drive above Broadway.
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