Roy Rogers Road project open house Oct. 12

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, September 27, 2017

An open house for the Roy Rogers Road improvement project will be 5-7 p.m. Oct. 12 at Scholls Heights Elementary, 16400 SW Loon Drive.

The open house, sponsored by Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation (LUT), provides the public with the opportunity to learn about final design for upcoming road improvements on Roy Rogers Road between Scholls Ferry Road and 2500 feet south of Bull Mountain Road.

The Roy Rogers Road project is coordinating with the Willamette Water Supply Program pipeline installation. Representatives from LUT and Willamette Water Supply will be available to answer questions. No formal presentation is planned; stop in any time during open house hours.

This project will widen Roy Rogers Road between Scholls Ferry Road and 2500 feet south of Bull Mountain Road to five lanes (two travel lanes in each direction and a center turn lane). The project will include continuous bike lanes and sidewalks, street lighting, storm drainage upgrades and safety enhancements. The Willamette Water Supply Program, a partnership between Tualatin Valley Water District and the city of Hillsboro to build an additional regional water supply system in Washington County, will be constructing a 66 inch drinking water pipeline in conjunction with the roadway improvements. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2018 and is expected to be substantially completed in spring 2020.

The $24.9 million road improvement project is funded through the MSTIP Bonding Cost-share Program.

For more information, visit the project website, or contact Engineering and Construction Services at 503-846-7822 or [email protected]. More information about the Willamette Water Supply can be found at www.ourreliablewater.org. If you need a sign language interpreter, assistive listening device, or a language interpreter, please call 503-846-7800 (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 a cost-effective and environmentally responsible manner.

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