1) Southbound Interstate Avenue closed at night
2) Last chance to support Patton Square Park
3) OKNA June 4 board meeting cancelled
1) Interstate Avenue to close southbound at night
Interstate Avenue will close to southbound vehicle traffic in Overlook from south of the Kaiser Permanente Building to North Knott Street from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. from Monday, June 3 to Thursday, June 6. TriMet MAX service should not be interrupted. Interstate Avenue will remain open to bicycles and pedestrians until N Graham Street.
Signs will direct drivers to detour on N Skidmore Street to Martin Luther King Boulevard and then N Russell Street.
Bikers and pedestrians will be able to continue further south than motorists. They should cross to the east side of Interstate at Greeley (near the bottom of the hill) then take Graham to Mississippi to Russell and back to Interstate southbound.
This work is part of a project to repair and replace a number of freeway joints on the elevated sections of Interstate 405 on either side of the Fremont Bridge and from I-405 north to U.S. 26 west. These repairs will improve the condition and maintain the long-term safety and use of this heavily traveled freeway.
Related traffic impacts next week include a single lane closure on the ramp from I-5 south to I-405 south nights Monday to Friday, a shoulder closure on I-405 south off-ramp to N Kerby nights Monday to Friday, and a lane closure on N Kerby/N Cook for staging equipment 24/7 until fall 2020.
2) Last chance to support Patton Square Park
Friends of Patton Square Park has extended its GoFundMe campaign for the playground project to this coming Friday, June 7. They are grateful for all the donations made by businesses and individuals so far. OKNA urges neighbors who are able to support this vital project to purchase and install play equipment that kids under the age of five can enjoy in the playground.
Go to the project’s GoFundMe page for more information and to make a tax-deductible donation.
3) OKNA June board meeting cancelled
The Overlook Neighborhood Association Board will not meet on Tuesday, June 4. The next OKNA meeting will be the June 18 (21) general meeting at Kaiser Town Hall.