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.