Transportation Improvement Projects News

Basalt Creek Parkway, a new 0.7-mile road between Grahams Ferry and Tonquin roads, opens to traffic at 6 a.m. Monday (August 14).

10th Avenue will be closed Aug. 14-Dec. 12 between Holladay and Adair streets for road widening and safety improvements

A portion of 185th Avenue, north of Springville Road, will be closed Aug. 14-Sept. 14 as part of the Springville Road project.

Pedestrians who frequent SW Walker and SW Baseline roads and SW 170th and SW 185th avenues are asked to provide input on 12 potential crossing sites through the Washington County Arterial Pedestrian Crossing Analyses online open house

SW 80th Avenue will be closed between Elmwood and Hemlock streets from Aug. 2-23 for culvert replacement.

A Grand Opening Celebration for the David Hill Road Extension/Roundabout project including a chance to bike, hike, roll and stroll the new roadway - will be from 10 a.m.-noon Friday, Aug. 4, at the location.

A Meet the Contractor open house for the Springville Road (185th to 178th avenues) project will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 26, at Portland Community College Rock Creek Campus, 17705 NW Springville Road.

Construction on the Spring Hill Road bridge at the Tualatin River Overflow is scheduled to start July 10, and will include a three-month road closure beginning July 17.

SW 175th Avenue, between SW Kemmer Road and SW Scholls Ferry Road, is scheduled to be closed to through traffic July 5-Aug. 3 by Brian Clopton Excavating for construction of road improvements.

Replacement of the Timber Road bridge over Gales Creek has begun. Timber Road will be reduced to one lane across the bridge June 26 through completion in June 2018.