Up Sucker Creek

Up Sucker Creek
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Friday, May 9, 2014

More fat to trim

"Street Diet" likely on S.E. Foster Rd.
The Bee,  May 7, 2014

After three open houses, and then two “last and final” meetings held since 2012, what started as the “2003 Foster Road Transportation and Streetscape Plan” will finally be presented for approval to the Portland City Council in May.

The recommendation does include a reduction of the number of travel lanes from four to two, Leclerc acknowledged, with a center left-turn lane added, from S.E. 54th out to about S.E. 90th Avenue.
Drivers eastbound from S.E. Powell Boulevard will find “transition lanes” starting at S.E. 52nd Avenue. “The number of traffic lanes will increase as Foster Road approaches S.E. 82nd Avenue, to accommodate the traffic at the intersection,” Leclerc explained.
If the plan is adopted, S.E. Foster Road will get bicycle lanes, wider sidewalks, “pedestrian scale” ornamental street lighting at some locations, and added crosswalks marked off with “rapid-flash” beacons. “We're working with TriMet for more amenities and more shelters,” said Leclerc.

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