NPGreenway hires new coordinator to speed up completion of path project
Here comes the North Portland Greenway.
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Once completed, the North Portland Greenway path will connect Kelly Point Park at the tip of north Portland to the Eastbank Esplanade near the Steel Bridge via the Willamette River.
Here comes the North Portland Greenway.
Two of Portland’s most visionary long-term biking projects will get a boost this spring from two teams of planners-in-training.
How do you think they did?
The little nonprofit that has brought the concept this far is preparing for the last stage: getting it on the ground.
The advocacy group pushing for the North Portland Greenway Trail says they’ve agreed to a compromise alignment and will work with the City and Union Pacific Railroad to move the project forward.
A new path and a new bridge are exciting signs of progress for the northern sections of the North Portland Greenway.
As the route of the long-planned North Portland Greenway comes before city council this week, there’s a new possibility in the mix that could shape the bikeway every Portlander knows ought to exist.
Curtis Crothers, 53, suffered eight broken ribs, a broken scapula, a punctured lung, internal bleeding, a dislocated shoulder and 24 hours in intensive care.
The Cement Road with Fremont Bridge in the background..(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) There’s a renewed effort afoot that could result in something most observers thought would never happen: legal public access to the “Cement Road” that runs through Union Pacific’s Albina Yards along the Willamette River between Swan Island and the Fremont Bridge. Union Pacific … Read more
The Port of Portland is taking the lead on a US DOT TIGER grant request that would fund the first two sections (shaded in red) of the North Portland Greenway.
City design plans showing tree slated for removal. A bridge project in St. Johns that’s part of the North Portland greenway and the 40-Mile Loop has gotten some unwanted attention this week. Portland Parks & Recreation is set to start construction on a new biking and walking bridge between Pier Park and Chimney Park; but … Read more
Will we finally see changes on Williams? (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland) Two important Portland projects are vying for funding through a grant process being led by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the deadline to offer your feedback is this Thursday, January 31st. Of the seven projects in the running from Portland and Washington … Read more
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