News

October was proclaimed National Community Planning Month by the Washington County Board of Commissioners during its Oct. 2 regular meeting.

The public is invited to comment on sidewalk improvements planned for Madeline Street at an open house from 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at Aloha High School, 18550 SW Kinnaman Road.

The public is invited to suggest improvements for the Scholls Ferry and Scholls-Sherwood roads intersection at an open house from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Groner K-8 School, 23405 SW Scholls Ferry Road.

The public is invited to learn more about traffic impacts, road construction, pipelines and sewer pipe installations in the Roy Rogers Road area at an open house from 5-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27, at Mountainside High School, 12500 SW 175th Ave.

Kemmer Road, between 175th and 176th avenues, will be closed Sept. 17-Oct. 16 for road construction.

Clark Hill Road, south of Tile Flat Road, will close from Sept. 7-Oct. 12, for bridge replacement.

A Washington County employee was presented with the 2017-18 Permit Technician of the Year by the Oregon Building Officials Association (OBOA) during the County Board of Commissioners meeting this morning (Aug. 21).

Nighttime paving work will continue on 158th Avenue, between Walker Road and the Merlo Avenue MAX station, from 7 p.m.-7 a.m. Aug. 21-25.

174th Avenue, between Bronson Road and Santiam Drive, will be closed Aug. 27-Sept. 30 for a culvert replacement.

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.

The public is invited to comment on the Madeline Street sidewalk improvement project, in an online open house, through 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 13.

Springville Road, west of Kaiser Road, will be closed by NEI Construction from Aug. 6-23 for road improvements and undergrounding of utilities.

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.

Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation (LUT) Planning and Development Services Division will be relocating to the Adams Crossing and Adams Annex buildings. Permitting, building, planning and County Surveyor offices will be closed July 27 and 30

The public is invited to comment on improvements planned for Walker Road at an open house from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 8, at Portland Community College (PCC) Willow Creek Center, Great Room, 241 SW Edgeway Drive.

Nighttime paving work will be done on 158th Avenue, between Walker Road and the Merlo Avenue MAX station, from 7 p.m.-7 a.m. July 23-27.

David Hill Road, between Thatcher Road and Antler Drive, will be closed July 30-Aug. 20 for a culvert replacement.

Construction of a sidewalk and drainage facilities on Glencoe Road begins Monday, July 9.