- Installation of Flanders Crossing and I-405 Closures This Weekend
- Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Advisory Group
- North/Northeast Portland Public Safety Action Committee – MEETING TONIGHT
- Hazelnut Grove and Homeless Update
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Installation of Flanders Crossing and I-405 Closures This Weekend
The Flanders Crossing over I-405 in NW Portland will be installed this weekend! As a result, this section of the freeway will be closed starting Friday, January 22 at 10 p.m. and reopening by 5 a.m. on Monday, January 25. The freeway ramps near the new bridge will close Friday at 10 a.m. to prepare for the event. Click on the link to see PBOT’s press release including pictures and a map. If you need to travel on the freeway thru Portland during the closure, consider using I-5 (which will probably be congested) or surface streets such as MLK. This will hopefully open in a few months.
During the closure:
- Signed detours will direct drivers to Interstate 5
- All northbound traffic on I-405 must take Exit 1D, 12th Ave./U.S. 26
- All southbound I-405 traffic, including traffic from the Fremont Bridge, must take Exit 2A/2B, Everett/Couch/Burnside
NOTE: the bridge installation is dependent on good weather with low winds. For more information on the project, closures, and timelines click here.
2. Interstate Bridge Replacement Program Advisory Group Meetings
This month the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program is hosting three public meetings in an effort to provide a bridge replacement that meets the needs of a diverse set of users. Although the first meeting has now past, the remaining two meetings still offer a great opportunity for Overlook neighbors to hear more about the project.
Community Advisory Group – 4-6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 27
Equity Advisory Group – 5:30-7:30 p.m., Monday, Jan. 25
For full group descriptions, a summary of what to expect at the meeting, and zoom links click here.
3. North/Northeast Portland Public Safety Action Committee – MEETING TONIGHT
Join tonight’s PSAC meeting tonight via Zoom virtual meeting. The group will be meeting with and talking with North Precinct Commander Brian Ossenkop and some of his officers.
Join Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 992 0479 6941
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+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
4. Hazelnut Grove and Homeless Update
Earlier in the month the OKNA board submitted a letter to Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioners Jo Ann Hardesty, Dan Ryan, Carmen Rubio and Mingus Mapps calling for their action on homeless needs in Portland, and specifically in the Overlook neighborhood. The letter calls for the following:
- Open small and large managed outdoor shelters in all parts of the city
- Construct managed homeless villages in all parts of the city modeled on the Kenton Women’s Village and the St. Johns Village
- In all neighborhoods, close unsanctioned campsites located in parks, waterways and public paths, as well as camps where illegal activity has been documented
- And close the Hazelnut Grove homeless camp on N Greeley Avenue gradually by summer 2021 and work with the Overlook Neighborhood to remediate the site and transform it to public use.