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What’s happening now?
3-12-25 Update: Crews are currently working their way north from SW Mill, upgrading ADA corner ramps, running conduit for traffic signals and street lights, and repairing underground utilities. To maintain pedestrian access, crews are focusing on one corner per intersection at a time. There may be intermittent lane closures for underground utility work, but overall impacts to people driving should be minimal.
We’re also preparing to pave the west side of SW 4th Avenue between SW Lincoln and SW Harrison. Weather permitting, this paving is scheduled for the end of March. Paving on the west side between SW Harrison and SW Mill will follow thereafter. The final paving stretch, from SW Mill to W Burnside, is planned for this summer and will be phased to minimize disruptions.
The project remains on track for full completion by the end of 2025.
Schedule
Construction started in May 2024. PBOT expects the full project to be complete in the late fall of 2025.
Project Components
- Repave SW Fourth Avenue from Lincoln to W Burnside streets
- Safer crosswalks and curb ramps that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) from Lincoln to W Burnside streets
- A protected bike lane along the westside of SW Fourth Avenue from Caruthers to W Burnside streets.
- A business access and transit (BAT) lane between Sheridan and Mill streets. BAT lanes give priority to buses and people turning into driveways or cross streets.
- A bus stop platform at SW Fourth Avenue and Hall Street
- A new traffic signal at SW Fourth Avenue and College Street
- Updated streetlights between Sheridan and W Burnside streets
- Improve existing traffic signals at the intersections of SW Hall, Taylor, Sheridan, Caruthers, Lincoln, Montgomery, Market, Clay, Jefferson, and W Burnside streets
Project fly-through
Funding
This $16.9 million project is funded by the voter-approved 10-cent gas tax known as Fixing Our Streets, maintenance funds, as well as transportation system development charges, with additional contributions from Prosper Portland and TriMet.
