PBOT News Release:

SE 50th Avenue Paving Project kicks off 2018 Fixing Our Streets construction season.  PBOT to invest a total of $105 million in capital projects, street repair and safety between now and September 2018.

East Portland:

• Paving NE Halsey between NE 102nd Avenue and NE Weidler, as part of the Halsey-Weidler Streetscape Project (Construction estimated to begin in late May)
• Paving SE Foster Road from SE 82nd to 90th Avenues as part of the Foster Streetscape Project (Construction estimated to begin in mid-May)
• Three separate sidewalk construction projects: SE Flavel from SE 84th to 92nd, NE 102nd Avenue from Sandy to I-84, and SE 112th Ave from Market to Powell (Construction dates TBD)

North Portland:

• Paving N Going Street from North Interstate to the I-5 onramp (Construction estimated to begin in mid-June) * Funded by the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax
• Paving N Marine Drive from N Kelley Point Park Road to Leadbetter Road(Construction estimated to begin in mid-June) * Funded by the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax
• Paving N Lombard Street from N Ramsay to 2,500’ north (Construction estimated to begin in mid-June) * Funded by the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax
• Paving N Denver Avenue from N Lombard to Watts (Construction estimated to begin in mid-July)
• Paving N Williams Avenue from N Stanton to Cook (Construction estimated to begin in late July)

NE Portland:

• Paving NE 42nd Avenue from Brazee to Wistaria Dr and NE Wistaria Dr from 42nd to Cesar Chavez (Construction estimated to begin in late August)

SE Portland:

• Paving SE 50th Avenue from SE Hawthorne to Division (Construction estimated to conclude in late June)

NW Portland:

• SW/NW 20th Neighborhood Greenway from SW Jefferson to NW Raleigh (Construction dates TBD)

SW Portland:

• Paving SW Vermont Street from SW Oleson Road to Capitol Highway (Construction estimated to begin in early June)
• Paving SW Capitol Highway from SW Multnomah to SW Texas(Construction estimated to begin in mid-August)

In addition, PBOT’s maintenance bureau workers continue their ongoing, Fixing Our Streets funded work of guard rail replacement and base repair street replacement. Fixing Our Streets projects make up approximately 20 percent of the investments in Portland’s transportation infrastructure this construction season, with a total of approximately $105 million being invested in capital projects, street repair and safety between now and September 2018.

The Fixing Our Streets program, paid for by a local gas tax approved by Portland voters in May 2016 and a heavy vehicle use tax, is Portland’s first street repair and traffic safety program financed with local funding. 56 percent of Fixing Our Streets funding is invested in street maintenance and 44 percent is invested in safety improvements. The City Council ordinance included a project list that shows specific projects that are intended to be funded. The list of projects can be found at www.fixingourstreets.com.

About the Fixing Our Streets Program

The Fixing Our Streets program is the result of the passage of Measure 26-173, a 10-cent tax on motor vehicle fuels and Portland’s first local funding source dedicated to street repair and traffic safety projects. Passed on May 17, 2016, Measure 26-173 will raise an estimated $64 million over four years. PBOT will invest this money in a wide variety of street improvement and safety projects across the entire city. Fixing Our Streets will help PBOT expand preventive street maintenance that saves money and prevents potholes. It will support our work to make it safer for children to walk to school. It will allow us to build more sidewalks, traffic signals, street lights and bike lanes. The Portland City Council also unanimously passed a Heavy Vehicle Use Tax, for vehicles weighing more than 26,000 pounds, which will also fund the Fixing Our Streets program.