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170th Avenue and Farmington Road kickoff summary

The design open house (April 23-May 16, 2021) was viewed by 283 people and we received eight comments. A summary of questions and responses is below.

Request for improvements to Farmington Road.

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is the authority over Farmington Road (OR-10). Improvements to Farmington Road are outside the scope of this project. These concerns have been shared with ODOT.

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Concerns about "slip lanes" and truck aprons.

The right-turn lanes will continue to be controlled by traffic signals; they will not be free-flowing "slip lanes." Truck aprons are being installed because 170th Avenue is a designated truck route north of Farmington Road and TriMet has a route along 170th Avenue and Farmington Road.

Concern for safety and request for guardrails on Farmington Road.

These concerns have been shared with ODOT.

Request for a dedicated bus lane.

This is outside of the scope and funding of this project.

Requests to block left turns from southbound 170th Avenue onto Division Street.

This is outside of the scout of this project. The request has been shared with the Traffic Engineering section.