Project Overview
This Local Transportation Infrastructure Charge (LTIC) project will improve conditions for walking and driving on SW Galeburn between SW Capitol Highway and SW 41st Ave. PBOT will pave the gravel street, construct a safer walking shoulder along the south side of SW Galeburn, and install several stormwater facilities.
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What’s Happening Now?
(Updated October 2024)
The project is currently in the 60% design phase, with the final 60% design to be completed by the end of 2024. Public involvement will begin in January 2025.
Project Goals
- Provide a safe route to school for students who attend Markham Elementary and Jackson Middle School
- Improve street pavement conditions on SW Galeburn in areas where conditions are poor
- Collect stormwater runoff due to the increase of impervious material
Project Design
- Pedestrian Improvements: Install a sidewalk or walking facility along the south side of SW Galeburn from SW Capitol Hwy to SW 41st Ave
- Roadway Improvements: Pave SW Galeburn in areas of the road where conditions are poor
- Stormwater Improvements: Install stormwater facilities along the north side of SW Galeburn to help manage the influx of stormwater as a result of street paving
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 Schedule
Topographic survey: 2021 - 2022
Design engineering: March 2023 - Feb 2026
Public Involvement: Winter 2025 and Winter 2026
Construction: Spring 2026
Public Involvement
2024
- April
- Met with two property owners who own portions of the road to determine how to move forward with the design in these two locations.
2023
- July
- Mailed letters to two homeowners who owned right-of-way on SW Galeburn and would need to coordinate with PBOT Right-of-way
Project Funding
$1,125,000
Most project funding comes from LTIC as described above. Other funding on the project includes the General Fund, which are discretionary city funds authorized by City Council, under the “Up Out of the Mud” initiative