Richard Marantz wants
your input.
(Photo © J. Maus)
Multnomah County has just launched a virtual open house for the Sellwood Bridge project and they’re looking for your input on key design and funding decisions.
Among the many aspects of the project featured in the open house is the design of the multi-use path and bicycle traffic lane. The new bridge, which could break ground this winter, will have a 12-foot multi-use path to be shared by people on bike and on foot, as well as a 6 and 1/2 foot lane solely for bicycling.
Citizen’s Advisory Committee member Richard Marantz (who gave me a tour of the bridge a few years ago) explains the bicycling design issues in a video that’s part of the online open house.
Richard Marantz – Surface Treatments from JLA Involve on Vimeo.
“Given that there is going to be such diverse use of the bridge,” he says, “we’ve been focusing on a means of separating the different users safely on the bridge so that everyone has a good experience.”
pavement concepts.
Marantz says they are looking for public input on how best to communicate that separation through the surface treatments. Beyond pavement markings similar to what’s used on the Hawthorne Bridge, they are considering different colored concrete and scoring patterns. “We’re asking for input on whether people want these special treatments and what they might be.”
In addition to feedback on the bicycle traffic lane and multi-use path, the County also wants your input on how to cut costs to close a $20 million funding shortfall.
The virtual open house is open until August 21st and feedback received by that date will be presented to the Citizen’s Advisory Committee at their meeting on August 22nd. A final decision on the design for the new bridge will be made by the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners this fall and construction of the bridge structure will start next July.
Weigh in and learn more at SellwoodBridge.org.