Roy Rogers Road open house rescheduled for May 19

For Immediate Release: Friday, March 20, 2020

The Roy Rogers Road Improvement Project open house, originally planned for April, has been rescheduled due to COVID-19.

The open house will be from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, at the Sherwood Police Department Community Room, 20495 SW Borchers Drive.

In addition, an online open house will be held for two weeks in May to provide additional opportunities to learn about the project and to share comments. Details will be announced in early May.

Design alternatives for Roy Rogers Road, between Borchers Drive and Chicken Creek, will be displayed at both the in person and online open houses. The design team will be available to answer questions and gather feedback.

Comments and questions may be sent to [email protected].

Roy Rogers Road will be widened, between Chicken Creek and Borchers Drive. Improvements include:

• Five travel lanes (two lanes in each direction and a center turn lane)
• Bike lanes
• Sidewalks
• Storm drainage
• Street lighting

The estimated $14 million project is funded through the County’s Major Streets Transportation Improvement Program (MSTIP). Construction is expected to begin in summer 2021 and continue through the summer 2023.

This project is being coordinated with the Willamette Water Supply Program to install a 66-inch water line in conjunction with road improvements.

For more information, visit the project webpage or contact Capital Project Services at 503-846-7800 or [email protected]. For a sign or spoken language interpreter, please call 503-846-7822 (or 7-1-1 for Telecommunications Relay Service) at least 48 hours prior to this event.

Washington County is committed to planning, building and maintaining a great transportation system, ensuring the safety of all roadway users, and operating the County roadway system in cost-effective and environmentally responsible manner.

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