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Transportation Development Review and Early Assistance

Program

Early assistance, public and private development review, building plan review, land use review, managing the impact of development in the right-of-way.

Featured content

A street with recently constructed sidewalk, bust shelter, buffered bike lane, and vehicle travel lanes

Right-of-way improvement requirements for land use reviews or building permits

Person with paperwork and hard hat on a desk.

Permit and Appeal Applications

An open three ring binder of printed pages.

Commonly Referenced Transportation Code and Administrative Rules

a driveway ramp after reconstruction

Driveways

Multiple sizes of utility vaults set into the sidewalk corridor. There is also a bike rack, street tree, and utility pole.

Utility Vault Permitting and Leasing for Development

Building plan showing 2 feet of street dedication

Granting Easements to Satisfy Development Requirements

This photo shows how wide 122nd Avenue is, with five travel lanes

Traffic Impact Studies

Smiling and waving Asian woman on 15-min video call from home laptop.

Free 15-minute appointments for permit, code, and zoning questions

A drawing of a street segment showing above ground encroachments such as awnings or canopies, benches, and bicycle racks.

Encroachment Permits

Graphic illustrating agencies responsible for different items in the right of way

StreetsPDX

Hands with a ruler and pen drawing a site plan.

Drawing a site plan

Contact

Transportation Development Review

DSC-PBOT@portlandoregon.gov

Related offices, programs, and projects

Portland's city seal and four logos of the infrastructure bureaus: Environmental Services, Parks and Recreation, Urban Forestry, Transportation, and Water.

Connect to City Infrastructure

This photo is of a smiling Black man who just completed an inspection on a house under construction.

Permitting & Development

Street closure

Transportation Permitting

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