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The extreme weather prompted TriMet to shift its project, "A Better Red," by one week.Construction is now officially fully underway. The disruption to MAX Blue,
PORTLAND, Ore. –– RT&S has reported for a while on the transit project in Portland, Oregon known as "A Better Red" for the city's TriMet system. The agency recently announced that due to the severe winter weather experienced in the region, construction will be delayed one week. This story details both the nature of the disruption and how passengers can work around it.
In a sign that the Portland region is slowly thawing out, TriMet announced that most MAX service had been restored on most bus lines were back to regular routes and schedules by early Sunday.
Portland, Ore.––Construction on TriMet’s A Better Red MAX Extension and Reliability Improvements Project will close the Gateway Transit Center to MAX trains for six weeks starting Sunday, Jan. 14. With the MAX Blue, Green and Red lines impacted, shuttle buses will serve closed stations through the end of the disruption on Feb. 25. TriMet will also use this opportunity to perform reliability improvements to the MAX system along Interstate 84 and just east of the transit center.