Oregon will lower speed limit on 82nd Avenue, install streetlights at intersection where 2 men died
Updated May 07, 2:53 PM;
Posted May 07, 1:38 PM
NE 82nd Avenue near NE Thompson Street April 29, 2021. Mark Graves/The Oregonian
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Oregon wants to reduce the speed limit on 82nd Avenue on the east side and install new streetlights and pedestrian crossings at the Northeast Portland intersection where two men were struck and killed by drivers last month.
Transportation officials announced Friday afternoon they were requesting $3.35 million in safety improvements that include permanently reducing the speed limit from 35 miles per hour to 30 miles per hour and adding 10 speed reader signs on the nearly eight-mile stretch of urban highway. Those projects will go before the Oregon Transportation Commission for approval next Thursday.
‘How many more people have to die?’ 82nd Avenue claimed 2 more lives in April
Updated May 02, 2021;
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Two men were struck and killed while walking across the same stretch of Northeast 82nd Avenue in April, a sobering reminder that the east Portland arterial remains one of the most dangerous roads in the Portland metro area.
Fatal crashes, regardless of whether those killed by drivers were walking, in a vehicle or riding a bike, are nothing new on the five-lane state highway that carves through some of the most racially diverse neighborhoods in the city and state and on into Clackamas County. But in the past two years, each marking the deadliest in Portland history since 1996, no one died on 82nd Avenue. In the decade preceding, 16 people were killed along its roughly seven miles inside Portland city limits.
Brookings Man Identified as Pedestrian Killed in Portland Earlier This Month
Portland Police Bureau press release:
Investigators have identified the pedestrian who was killed in a collision with a vehicle as Stephen K. Looser, 66, of Brookings, Oregon.
His family has been notified of his death. The investigation revealed that Looser was walking westbound crossing Northeast 82nd Avenue when he was struck by a 2020 Infinity SUV being driven southbound.
The circumstances of the crash are still under investigation, but visibility and lighting conditions are being looked at as factors.
No arrests have been made or citations issued at this time related to this case.
Police identify Sunday fatal shooting victim
Police are investigating two shootings on Sunday, March 28, one of them fatal.
Police identified the homicide victim as Kim Lambright, 53, of Portland. An autopsy determined her death was a homicide by gunshot.
Southwest Barbur Boulevard and Southwest Capitol Highway intersect in two different places. Lambright was found near the intersection of these two roads by the Hillsdale and South Portland neighborhoods.
This is the 23rd homicide in Portland in 2021. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Det. William Winters at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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