PBOT launches $11M pedestrian project in East Portland December 16 2020
The East Portland Access to Employment and Education project calls for construction of new sidewalks, street crossings, bike lanes and more.
The city transportation agency plans to spend at least $11 million building out amenities for bikers, walkers and schoolchildren in East Portland.
Despite the late-autumn drizzle, Portland Bureau of Transportation crews have begun work on a series of projects dubbed the East Portland Access to Employment and Education plan, paid for by federal funds and local dollars. Some of our eastside streets are just too dangerous, said transportation planner Shane Valle. Long stretches of road between traffic signals means people go too fast, making it unsafe, sometimes even deadly, just to cross the street.