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Inventory of County road features begins
LiDAR van
Land Use & Transportation (LUT) has contracted Mandli Communications to complete a survey of County-maintained roads using Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) equipment. The LiDAR uses pulses of light to record details of the road, including painted striping, guardrails and traffic signs.

These LiDAR recordings are taken using equipment mounted on top of a van. Expect to see a black van with the mounted equipment throughout the summer, weather permitting.

“The LiDAR survey allows us to create a digital record of different elements along a road,” said John Fasana, Principal Engineer, Engineering, Traffic and Survey Division. “Once the images are collected, the consultant will create a catalog that our staff can use to better plan for maintenance and future projects.”

Some of the items being surveyed, such as traffic signs, have been tracked in printed catalogue. Other features, like bike lanes and striping, have never been fully documented. The data collected will be used in the implementation of Cityworks enterprise asset management system, and will ultimately be used to replace the existing hard-copy road log files.

The $765,000 LiDAR project, funded through the Traffic Engineering budget, will improve our infrastructure inventory and productivity.

“This project will help us better serve the community, reduce our carbon footprint, and help our staff be more efficient with their everyday workflows,” said Fasana. “We will be able to better anticipate maintenance and project specific needs and identify where traffic control devices need to be updated."
COMMENT OPPORTUNITIES
  • Learn about the Century Boulevard and Tualatin Valley Highway (OR-8) intersection project in an online construction kickoff event through July 5. The intersection will be widened to five lanes with bike lanes and sidewalks. The project also includes bus pull-outs and railroad crossing upgrades.
WC-ROADS HIGHLIGHTS
Road closures
  • 175th Avenue, between between Constance Street and Kemmer Road, June 23-July 2 for frontage improvements related to nearby development. Work is being done by LCD Excavating. Detour map
  • Brookman Road, between between Pacific Highway (OR-99W) and Ladd Hill Road, through July 25 for road improvements related to development. Work is being done by Northwest Earthmovers. Detour map
  • Jackson School Road, between Grant Street and Evergreen Road, through July 19 for installation of a roundabout at Harwood Street by city of Hillsboro. Detour map
Lane closures
  • 124th Avenue, between Tualatin-Sherwood Road and 1,200 feet south of the intersection, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays through Oct. 22, for utility and frontage improvements by Kerr Contractors. Map
  • 175th Avenue, between Constance Street and Arbutus Drive, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays through July 30, for road construction related to development by Riverside Homes. Map
  • 198th Avenue, between Farmington Road and Tualatin Valley Highway, 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. weekdays, through June 30, for paving and striping. Map
  • Augusta Lane, between Pheasant Lane and Chatelain Drive, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays through Sept. 1, for sidewalk installation. Map
  • Banks Road, between between Sellers Road and .25 miles east of Sellers Road, through Aug. 27 for road improvements related to Banks Apartment development. Work is being done by Five Star Builders. Detour map
  • Cornell Road, between Sunset High School Middle Entrance and 350 feet east of Trail Avenue, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays through Oct. 22, for development by Summit Properties. Map
  • Evergreen Road, between Dawson Creek Drive and Brookwood Parkway, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays through July 16, for road improvement by K&E Excavating. Map
  • Greenburg Road, between Hall Boulevard and Washington Square Road, 9 p.m.- 5 a.m. through July 15 (extended), for water main improvements by Tualatin Valley Water District. Map
  • Laidlaw Road, between Torin Terrace to East Road, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through July 30 (extended), for Riverside Homes. Map
  • Murray Boulevard, between Millikan Way and Tualatin Valley Highway, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays through Dec. 31 (extended), for construction related to nearby development. Map
  • Roy Rogers Road, between Scholls Ferry and Bull Mountain roads. Speed reduction to 35 mph between Scholls Ferry and Bull Mountain roads and 45 mph between Bull Mountain and Beef Bend roads through December, for road widening. Map
  • Scholls Ferry Road, between Tile Flat and Strobel roads, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. weekdays through June 30, 2022, for frontage improvements related to nearby development by NEI General Contracting. Map
  • Tile Flat Road Road, between Scholls Ferry Road and Kobbe Drive, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through June 30, 2022, for frontage improvements related to nearby development by NEI General Contracting. Map
  • Tualatin-Sherwood Road, between Oregon Street and 124th Avenue, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. through Oct. 22, for utility and frontage improvements by Kerr Contractors. Map
  • West Union Road, between Helvetia and Cornelius Pass roads, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through June 28, for shoulder widening. There will be nighttime lane closures June 20-22 from 8 p.m.-5 a.m., with a traffic signal shutdown June 20. Map
  • West Union Road, between Glencoe Road and 289th Avenue, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays through Aug. 31, for pedestrian improvements by the city of North Plains. Map
ADA ramp replacements
ADA ramp replacements have minimal impact on motor vehicle traffic; pedestrian paths will be maintained. Lane closures will be intermittent during weekday hours only. Ramps are in construction on portions of the following roads:

  • 185th Avenue and Rock Creek Boulevard-Park View Boulevard intersection
  • Adair and Baseline streets (OR-8) - (ODOT)
  • Beef Bend Road between 116th and 150th avenues
  • Cornell Road between Elam Young Parkway West and Butler Road
  • Davis Road between 160th and 165th avenues
  • Kinnaman Road between 180th and 185th avenues
Summer road maintenance activities
We're kicking off our summer road maintenance activities with monument box installation and gravel road surface stabilization. Paving activities will begin in a few weeks. A complete list of impacted roads and schedules is available online. This site will be updated as work is scheduled.
NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS
June 24 - Proposed greenhouse/retail building
At 6 p.m. held virtually (instructions available here.) The site is 5.36 acres in the R-15 district (Residential 12-15 units/acre). It is located at 8212 SW Barnes Road. Contact Meaghan Bullard, Jones Architectures, at mbullard@jonesarc.com or 503-744-9165.

CPO 1; District 2
June 29 - Proposed office space
At 6:30 p.m. held in person at the Chinook Room at the Double Tree Hotel by Hilton, located at 9575 SW Locust St., Tigard. The site is 0.88 acre in the TO:RC district (Transit Oriented Retail Commercial). It is located at tax lot #1S126DD01901 on SW Hall Boulevard. Contact Norberto Gliozzi, Architect, at 503-705-2228.

CPO 4M; District 3
Washington County Department of Land Use & Transportation
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