Calling it a “confusing and challenging place to navigate for everyone,” the City of Portland’s Bureau of Planning and the Office of Transportation are coming together to re-design the infamous 7 Corners intersection in Southeast Portland (Google Map).
The intersection — where Ladd Ave., 20th Ave. and 21st Ave. all converge on SE Division St. — lies on a major bikeway corridor and is a barrier for people traveling from the popular Clinton Street bike boulevard (which is undergoing a cosmetic redesign itself) onto the Hawthorne Bridge into downtown.
According to a statement on PDOT’s website, the goal is to, “craft a plan” for the intersection that “will make it safer for pedestrians and bicycles and transform the intersection into a neighborhood center.”
Construction and repaving is scheduled to begin in Spring 2011 and a community workshop where design alternatives can be viewed is planned for October 6th.
Learn more about the project and get workshop details here.