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The Sellwood Bridge project will hold several public events during the life of the project to discuss the issues
surrounding the bridge.
We encourage you to get involved by checking the calendar and
this page for more details. You can also get on our mailing list to receive
regular project updates, or request a speaker to
visit with your organization about the Sellwood Bridge project.
The fourth public event for the Sellwood Bridge
project was held on Wednesday, November 28, 2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Oaks Park Dance Pavilion. Presentations (2.23MB) were
held every hour, beginning at 6:00 pm, followed by a question and answer session.
The goal for this meeting was to share information about the alternatives that have been selected for detailed analysis in the draft
environmental impact statement (draft EIS), obtain public feedback on preferred bridge types for a replacement structure, and share
information about potential funding sources. The display boards (6.36MB) showed this information.
Public comments from this event and the fourth survey will be reviewed by the
Community Task Force and the project's technical team in December. A summary of the open house will also be reviewed.
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The third public event for the Sellwood Bridge project was held on Wednesday, July 25,
2007 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Sellwood Middle School gym. Presentations were held every 45 minutes to provide a project update and explain
the results of the alternative screening process. The public's input was collected on the alternatives.
Public comments from this event and the third survey will be reviewed by the Community Task Force
and the project's technical team. The narrowed list of alternatives (as recommended by the Community Task Force and determined Policy Advisory Group)
will be evaluated in the draft environmental impact statement (draft EIS).
The Community Task Force will recommend a preferred alternative after reviewing the draft EIS.
A summary of the open house summarizes the comments that the project team heard.
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The second public event for the Sellwood Bridge project was held on Wednesday, April 4,
2007 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the Sellwood Middle School gym. An estimated 330 people attended the workshop, which was announced in a
newsletter and through numerous media outlets.
The goal for the workshop was to get input on the range of alignment, interchange, and cross-section
concepts. Public input from the April 4 workshop will help decide the full range of concepts to be considered. The nearly 1,900
surveys that were collected (both online and at the workshop) will also help decide the full range of concepts.
Later steps will use those concepts to create a list of alternatives to be evaluated in the environmental impact statement and to select
the preferred alternative.
A summary of the public workshop summarizes the comments that the project team heard. Several
new concepts suggested by the public have been developed since the workshop.
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The first public open house for the Sellwood Bridge project (the Scoping Open House) was held on Wednesday, October 25, 2006 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Oaks Park Dance Pavilion
in the Sellwood neighborhood.
The meeting had a drop-in open house format with an ongoing orientation program.
The open house was publicized through a mass mailing to 23,000 households in the
project vicinity, as well as through the media.
The goals for this open house were to identify the issues and concerns of the community and to
gather background data to inform the alternatives development process for
the Sellwood Bridge environmental impact statement (EIS). Project team members also gathered feedback on the project’s draft Purpose and Need Statement. Community
input from this meeting will help shape the alternatives that will be evaluated in the EIS.
Issues wall topic areas included:
- Commuter Access
- Business/Shopping Access
- Neighborhood Access
- Freight/Delivery Access
- Transit
- Bike/Pedestrian Access
- Neighborhood Livability
- Bridge Design/Aesthetics
- Visual Resources
- Funding
- Private Property Impacts
- Historic Resources
All open house materials can be found on the project library page.
More public meetings will be held over the next year.
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You can help us better understand the issues and identify alternatives by participating online and in person.
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