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As the leader of the Sellwood Bridge planning project, Multnomah County organized a decision-making
process that considered the views of all parties in order to lead to a sustainable decision based on
regional consensus. From the start, it was believed that only a solution derived from broad community
input would have the regional support needed for an implement-able, fund-able solution. The County has
been and remains committed to engaging all parties in a transparent decision-making process.
Public input has greatly influenced project decision making and the selection of the preferred
alternative. However, other important decisions remain. Public input will be sought on the bridge type,
design and aesthetic treatments.
Your continued involvement is welcome. If you are not already on the project mailing list,
add your contact information to be noticed of future
public involvement opportunities.
A public open house and online survey will be held this summer to obtain your input to the type of new
replacement bridge to be built. The open house was held at the Oaks Park Dance Pavilion on July 21,
2010 from 5:00 – 7:30 p.m. Over 100 people attended the meeting to tell the project about their preference on the bridge type.
A summary of the open house will be posted here, when it is completed.
The display boards
that were shown at the open house are available.
The sixth public event for the Sellwood Bridge project was held on Wednesday, September 30, 2009
from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Oaks Park Dance Pavilion. Around 130 people attended the two hour
event. The goal for this meeting was to share revisions made to the preferred alternative that
have been made since the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) was published. These
revisions were made to comply with various agency policies and regulations. They include:
- Refining access to properties with driveways on SW Macadam Avenue
- Mitigating historic and natural resource impacts
- Improving bicycle and pedestrian facilities on the west side
- Narrowing the bridge cross section near the west side interchange
- Planning more detailed connections to transit and trails
The display boards from the open house are available for review, as well as the
open house summary.
A postcard announcing the open house was mailed to the mailing list.
You can sign up now to join the mailing list for future updates about the project.
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The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was available for public review and comment between
November 7 and December 22, 2008. Comments received were considered by the Community Task Force and
Policy Advisory Group in the selection of a Preferred Alternative. Comments will be responded to in
the Final EIS.
To learn more about the Draft EIS, visit the Draft EIS page.
An open house/public hearing was held on December 10, 2008. Over 150 people attended the event. Read the
summary for more information or review the
display boards that were shown during the night.
Dozens of comments were collected, both in written form and as part of a formal testimony before the Policy
Advisory Group. All comments were summarized for the January 2009 CTF meeting.
The open house featured information stations, as well as opportunities for the public to provide
comments to a court reporter, the Policy Advisory Group, or through a written comment form.
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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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