Projects in the Forest Grove area

Presented by: David Kim, ODOT Metro West Area Manager

August 13, 2012

U.S. 26: Glencoe Road Interchange Project

• Improve safety, capacity and traffic flow of the interchange

• $32 million dollars from the 2009 Jobs and Transportation Act

• Most traffic impacts at night. During any ramp or road closures, a signed detour will be in place.

• Complete in summer 2014

• Replace the Glencoe Road bridge over U.S. 26 with a new, four-lane bridge, and improve vertical clearance

• Improve pedestrian and bicycle connections on the new bridge

• Lengthen and widen the U.S. 26 westbound off-ramp

• $3.3 million funded through the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP)

• Daytime and nighttime lane closures on OR 8

• Completion in December 2012.

• Repair pavement, grind, pave and restripe OR 8 from 331st Avenue to Quince Street

• Upgrade sidewalk curb ramps to ADA standards

• Stripe a new crosswalk across OR 8 on the east side of intersection with Quince Street:– Add a pedestrian signal for the new

crosswalk– Add a raised pedestrian island at the

south end of the new crosswalk

Local Agency Projects

• Council Creek Trail: Banks to Hillsboro – trail master plan. $218,000 federal money.

• Harvey Clarke Elementary School Sidewalk Improvement – Safe Routes to School. $300,000 federal money.

• OR8/OR47 Intersection Improvements - $1.3 million federal money.