Community Engagement Summary and Final Project Designs

View full size image of Cover of the Broadway Pave and Paint engagement summary showing a wide road

Click here to view the Community Engagement Summary report 

Between July 2024 and January 2025 the project team asked community members to share key issues, identify priorities for the corridor, and share feedback on preliminary designs. Community voices were instrumental in shaping the project and ensuring it provided the most value to the NE Broadway community.  

Outreach included: 

• 1 online open house
• 1 community walk
• 10 presentations and public meetings
• 6,000+ mailers sent
• 540+ visitors to the online open house
• 250+ survey responses on project ideas  

You can view the full community engagement summary on the project’s engagement website!  

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Rendering of NE 22nd Ave and NE Broadway

Click here to view the final project designs 

Through engaging with local stakeholders, PBOT developed a concept for NE Broadway that addresses community concerns and supports a vibrant, safe, and accessible main street.  

Through a bundle of lower cost improvements, this design from NE 7th Ave to NE 26th Ave provides more space to people walking and biking while also lowering traffic speeds and supporting adjacent businesses.  

Full Project Benefits: 

• Five new pedestrian crossings on NE Broadway
• Two bus stop improvements
• Reduced speed limit to 20mph with updated signal timing
• A better managed on-street parking strategy
• A wide buffered bike lane with concrete protection at intersections
• A new protected bike lane connection to the 20’s Bikeway.  

Project Elements that Changed Since Winter Online Open House: 

• Refined and updated bus stop locations
• Refined bike lane design to be compatible with potential future changes
• Reduced speed limit from 25mph to 20mph through business district
• Angled-in parking between NE 17th to NE 24th is now front-in, rather than back-in
• New crosswalks on NE Weidler St will be included in separate paving project (see more information below)  

The final designs are now available on the project website! The page provides an overview of the design and links to a map with more detailed design specifications.  

Broadway Pave & Paint Construction Update 

ADA curb ramp construction continues this month on NE Broadway from 11th to 22nd avenues. A tentative construction schedule is below and posted to the construction webpage. Please note the schedule below is subject to change.  

Currently under construction:

• 11th and Broadway NW Corner – Finishing this week
• 13th and Broadway NE, SW Corners – 1 week to complete
• 17th and Broadway NW, NE Corners – 2 weeks to complete
• 19th and Broadway NW, NE Corners  – 2 weeks to complete
• 13th and Broadway NW Corner - 3 weeks to complete

Construction locations coming up next:   

• 11th and Broadway NE, SE Corners
• 14th and Broadway NW, NE Corners
• 15th and Broadway NW, NE Corners
• 17th and Broadway SE, SW Corners
• 19th and Broadway SW, SE Corners  

Use caution to keep crews safe when traveling near work zones. 

We ask the public to travel slowly and cautiously in work zones, observe all detours and directions by reader boards and flaggers, and use alternate routes if possible. As always, please keep crews safe by following all traffic control signs and flaggers while traveling through or near work zones. Parking near work zones may be restricted during construction.  

This work is weather-dependent, and the schedule may change. 

NE Weidler Street Repaving and Safety Improvements 

PBOT will also repave NE Weidler Street from 15th Ave to 24th Ave this summer. We plan to use this opportunity to implement several key safety and access improvements along the corridor, addressing some long-standing neighborhood concerns and requests.  

Learn more about the Weidler Street Repaving and Safety Improvements project

About NE Broadway Pave & Paint Project  

In the summer of 2025, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will repave NE Broadway as part of our ongoing commitment to maintaining our transportation system. This Pave and Paint project seeks to make major improvements on Broadway between NE 7th Ave and NE 26th Ave within a limited budget, to make the street better in the near-term, and set up the street for future investments. 

PBOT crews will begin the first phase of construction for the NE Broadway Pave & Paint in February. As a part of this work, the corner ramps at intersections will be rebuilt to meet modern ADA standards. PBOT crews will begin work at unsignalized intersections between 11th to 22nd Avenue. This spring, work at signalized intersections will take place. This summer, PBOT will repave NE Broadway and construct additional safety improvements. 

For more information:

Contact the Broadway Pave & Paint Team 

broadwaypave@portlandoregon.gov