SW Capitol Hill Road Sidewalk Infill Project

What’s Happening Now? (Updated October 2024)

The SW Capitol Hill Road  Sidewalk Infill Project completed 60% design at the end of September 2024. The project team will be working on finalizing design until February 2024. 

PBOT Right-of-Way will be contacting property owners with project related permanent and/or temporary private property impacts near the end of the calendar year.

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Project Design

Image above showing final 60% design. A pdf version can be found below.

PBOT is proceeding forward with the design and construction of the following project elements:

• SW Capitol Hill Rd Sidewalk: Northern Segment (W)
• SW Capitol Hill Rd Sidewalk: SW 19^th Ave to SW Nevada Ct South (S)
• SW Capitol Hill Rd Sidewalk: SW Moss St to SW Troy St
• SW Capitol Hill Rd Sidewalk: South Segment connecting Safeway to West Hills Christian High School (W)
• SW Troy Asphalt Drainage Curb: SW 28^th Ave to SW 27^th Ave

PBOT is proceeding with final design for the following project elements, but construction will be postponed until more funding is identified:

• SW Troy St/SW Canby Ct Sidewalk: SW 30^th Ave to SW 28^th Ave (S)
• SW Capitol Hill Rd Sidewalk: SW Troy St to A Park (W)

Project Background

In 2016 City Council adopted the Local Transportation Infrastructure Charge (LTIC), a fee that developers pay along unimproved streets in single-family zoning areas as an alternative to constructing sidewalks. Council then directed PBOT staff to develop an investment strategy for these funds. Using a methodology that included equity, effectiveness and efficiency, staff developed and Council adopted a strategy to invest collected LTIC funds in three areas: Cully in northeast Portland, Division-Midway in outer southeast Portland, and the Tryon-Stephens headwaters area in southwest Portland. These three areas had high needs in terms of unimproved streets that serve as important routes to neighborhood destinations, and underserved populations including high proportions of people of color, people with lower incomes, and people that rent their homes. The three areas also had neighborhood street plans adopted by City Council, identifying locations for investment.

In the Tryon Creek and Stephens Creek watersheds of southwest Portland, the goal of the project is to strategically invest in streets that lead to important destinations such parks, schools, and frequent transit lines, and that have stormwater issues such as erosion and flooding that need to be addressed. In addition, investment in the West Portland Park neighborhood is a commitment to equity in one of the most diverse areas of southwest Portland.

Project Timeline

Topographic survey: 2021 - 2022

Design engineering: March 2023 - Feb 2025

Public Involvement: August- September 2023; March- April 2024; Feb 2025

Construction: Summer 2025

Public Involvement

2024

• October
  • Postcards: Mailed postcards to project corridor and property owners to notify them of upcoming PBOT right-of-way process.
• September
  • SW Sunday Parkways: The project team will be tabling at SW Sunday Parkways with a poster board of the design
  • Email Newsletter: Sent an email newsletter updating residents of the latest design and invitingfolks to join SW Sunday Parkways

• March
  • Email Newsletter: Sent an email newsletter invitingSW Portlanders to join the Southwest Neighborhoods Inc Transportation Committee Meeting on Zoom, Monday March 18th 7:00- 9:00pm
  • Presentation: PBOT staff gave a presentation of the updated project design and reviewed background information

2023

• November
  • Email Newsletter: Sent an email newsletter update containing community survey results, project status, and next steps.
• October
  • Meeting with Multnomah Neighborhood Association (MNA): Joined MNA for a bike ride along project corridor and attended MNA open house.
• September
  • Presentation: Presented project to SW Trails and got feedback about the design
  • Virtual Survey: Online survey open for one month gathering feedback about the design and collected data about preferences
  • Open House: Held two virtual open houses on Sep 13th and Sep 14th to give an overview of the design and gather feedback from the community about several design elements. Tryon-Stephens: Capitol Hill Rd & Troy Canby Street Improvements Virtual Open House 9/13/23
  • Postcards: Sent postcards to the surrounding neighborhood alerting them about the project and inviting them to the virtual open houses.
• August
  • Flyered: Project team distributed flyers to homes located on SW Troy and SW Capitol Hill Rd with project information, online survey, and open house dates to homes on SW Capitol Hill Rd and SW Troy.
  • Tabled: Tabled at Multnomah Days with a poster board displaying improvements and received community feedback about the project.

Project Funding

$2,416,000

Most project funding comes from LTIC as described above. Other funding on the project includes:

• General Fund: Discretionary city funds authorized by City Council, under the “Up Out of the Mud” initiative
• Portland Bureau of Environmental Services: PBOT is in a partnership with BES due to the need to upgrade stormwater management infrastructure in the project area
• SW Trails, Inc transferred grant funds to PBOT from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Relief Fund Grant to build sidewalk on SW Capitol Hill Rd from SW 19th Ave to SW Nevada Ct.

Additional Resources

Tryon-Stephens Headwaters Neighborhood Street Plan