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OKNA Bulletin 01/03/2024
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Overlook Neighborhood Association General and Board Meeting Monday, January 8, 2024 at 6:30pm-8:30pm
Please join us for one of our community meetings, Monday January 9, 2024 at 6:30PM at Beach Elementary School at 1710 N Humboldt Street.
Our General meeting will have a speaker from Salazar Architect Inc, to talk about the M. Carter Commons that will be a new six-story apartment building providing 63 affordable senior housing units in the Overlook neighborhood on the southwest corner of N. Interstate and N. Overlook Blvd.
The General meeting agenda will be followed by a meeting of the OKNA Board of Directors aka the Board. Board meetings are public, but closed to participation.
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Traffic Detours on NW Bridge Avenue from January 8th to July 2nd
From January 8th to July 2nd: The Oregon Dept of Transportation will be stabilizing the hillside by NW Bridge Avenue in NW Portland, adjacent to the St Johns Bridge.
In order to complete this project, ODOT plans to close the southern portion of NW Bridge Ave during this 6 month period. Please be prepared for the anticipated detours and traffic in this area during this time.
For more info, visit ODOT’s website for this project https://www.oregon.gov/odot/projects/pages/project-details.aspx?project=20522
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Portland Transportation Commissioner Mingus Mapps announces third round of Fixing Our Streets program to the City Council in January, for referral to voters on the May 21 ballot.
If voters renew Fixing Our Streets in 2024, the 10-cent gas tax would generate an estimated $70.5 million over four years.
PBOT’s proposal allocates these funds in three areas:
- Smoother Streets Projects, $23.5 million: paving busy streets, neighborhood greenways and residential streets.
- Safer Streets Projects, $23.5 million: building safety improvements on busy streets and residential streets, as well as Safe Routes to School.
- Community Street Services, $23.5 million: filling potholes, maintenance for traffic signals and street lighting; funding for Portland Gravel Street Service, base repairs, upgrading bike lanes by replacing temporary infrastructure with harder, more permanent materials; making intersections safer for pedestrians and more accessible for people with disabilities; funding to continue PBOT’s hotline for responding to traffic safety concerns for the public and funding for speed bumps on residential streets.
For full details, see the Fixing Our Streets DRAFT Proposal (2024-2028) website.
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The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT)’s North Portland in Motion (NoPIM) online open house and survey now available!
What is NoPIM? North Portland in Motion is the city’s most recent ‘in motion’ plan that focuses on a specific sub-region of the city in addressing priorities, needs, and critical opportunities in promoting safer, more accessible roads for Portlanders walking, biking, and taking transit. The plan will create a prioritized list of projects ready to be funded for future build-out.
After two years of analysis, community engagement, and refinement of work with the community, PBOT is currently working on the draft plan document. Following this open house, PBOT will release the draft North Portland in Motion plan in early 2024 with expected council adoption in mid-2024.
The online open house and survey will be open until January 31, 2024.
Click here to review the online open house and take the survey
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