Land Use & Transportation News

Washington County has activated all three of the snow zones. Locations are as follows:<br />• 175th Avenue, between Scholls Ferry and Rigert roads.<br />• Barnes Road, 118th Avenue east to the County line, adjacent to a city of Portland snow zone<br />• Cornell Road, Cedar Hills Boulevard east to the County line<br />

Motorists are no longer required to have traction devices on tires when traveling in the Washington County snow zones on 175th Avenue, Barnes Road and Cornell Road.

Localized flooding due to heavy rain impacted more than 40 Washington County roads on Tuesday (Feb. 12).

Rainy weather has returned to Washington County. Showers are predicted for the weekend and into next week.

Those who live and/or work in Washington County are asked to apply for 10 positions on two transportation-focused community advisory committees that work with the Department of Land Use & Transportation (LUT).

West Shore Drive, between Scoggins Creek Recreation Area and Scott Hill Road, will close Aug. 27 for bridge railing repairs.

Turk Road will be closed to all traffic at Sell Road for bridge repairs from Aug. 20-31.

SW Plumlee Road will be closed from Carpenter Creek Road to 100 feet east for bridge repairs Aug. 6-17.

There will be lane closures and delays on River Road, between Scholls Ferry and Farmington roads, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. July 30-Sept. 30 for shoulder widening and road repaving.