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6/20: Hello readers and friends. I am having my second (of two) total knee replacement surgeries today so I'll be out of commission for a bit while I recover. Please be patient while I get back to full health. I hope to be back to posting as soon as I can. I look forward to getting back out there. 🙏. - Jonathan Maus, BikePortland Publisher and Editor
Pavement in limbo due to funding uncertainty.(Photo: Aaron Tarfman) Supporters of a project that would pave the Springwater Trail from SE Rugg Road to Dee Street in Boring are celebrating this morning after news that the Oregon Department of Transportation has put the project on its recommended funding list. The $1.2 million Springwater Trail project … Read more
They fought it tooth and nail, but in the end the path prevailed.
Just received this info sheet and call for comments from Clackamas County Parks planner Katie Dunham. They’re also have a public meeting on Sept 3rd (more info here). I hope to have a Front Page story on this soon. Please voice your support for the Springwater Corridor in Clackamas County! Clackamas County is requesting $1,200,000 … Read more
Clackamas County Parks and Portland Parks and Recreation will hold their second of three public planning meetings to discuss improvements to the Springwater Corridor and the Boring Station Trailhead Park. Meeting is at: Boring Middle School 27801 SE Dee Street Boring, OR 97009 Questions, suggestions or comments may be sent to kdunham@co.clackamas.or.us or call 503-794-8051 … Read more
Springwater Corridor Trail(Photo: Jonathan Maus) KATU has the story of a man who was attacked on Wednesday night while riding on the Springwater Corridor Trail in Clackamas County. “Dave Miller said the suspects (about 10 of them) stepped out of the darkness, robbing and punching him and even stomping on his face…they also stole his … Read more
SK Northwest — one of Oregon’s largest dealers of personal watercraft and ATV’s — refuses to give up on their plans to develop property on the Willamette (without granting riverfront trail access) just south of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI).
Officials including Director of Parks Zari Santner, Milwaukie Mayor Jim Bernard, and Congressman Earl Blumenauer, cut the ribbon last October.File photo: 10/20/06 The Cities of Portland and Milwaukie, Metro, and local neighborhoods have announced plans to celebrate the completion of the Three Bridges on the Springwater Corridor Trail The $5 million project, that created three … Read more
“A trail corridor must be provided to address transportation impacts.”-Bureau of Development Services. The Portland Bureau of Development Services has issued another denial for SK Northwest. It’s been one year since I first broke the story of the company’s plans to develop a facility along the Willamette River, just south of OMSI.
Proposed development area.Click to enlarge graphic SK Northwest, a Portland-based retailer of jet-skis and personal watercraft, has submitted another proposal to develop a key parcel of Willamette riverfront land. The proposal was submitted to the Bureau of Development Services (BDS) on March 1st and once again, it does not include plans for a trail. You … Read more
If you ride on the Esplanade and the Springwater Corridor south of OMSI you know that there’s a ton of construction going. In addition to the Big Pipe Project, ODOT is currently working on a $64 million project to replace the MLK/Grand Viaduct.
[Milwaukie Mayor Jim Bernardand Congressman EarlBlumenauer cut the ribbon.] Transportation advocates, neighborhood leaders, and elected officials huddled under a tent on a blustery morning yesterday to officially dedicate the on-time and on-budget Three Bridges Project on the Springwater Corridor Trail. Portland Parks Director Zari Santner led the ceremony and introduced key players in the project, … Read more
More details have emerged about the official dedication of the three bridges project on the Springwater Corridor Trail. [From the official invitation]