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Project Status
ODOT and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are moving ahead as expected with conducting a Supplemental Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Hybrid 3 Cover Concept. Updating the Environmental Assessment is an important step to advance the Hybrid 3 design and is a step we anticipated. With this additional effort to respond to the community-recommended highway cover design, the project timeline is still on schedule for construction to start as soon as late 2023.
Summer 2022 Design Survey Results
From July 7 through September 5, a second online design survey asked for community feedback surrounding designs that could be added to two highly visible walls and six bridge locations within the project area. View the results of this second survey.
Review the results of the first survey, which gathered community feedback on the design of crash barriers and columns.
Design
Design work for the project continues. Throughout the design phase, there are many opportunities to share opinions and shape the design of the highway cover, local streets, walls and overpasses and other features.
Local streets
The Proposed Hybrid 3 Concept changed the planned local street design for the highway cover and seven local streets are now under consideration for improvements: N Williams Avenue, N Vancouver Avenue, N Flint Avenue, NE Victoria Avenue, N Broadway, N Weidler Street and N Hancock Street. Each one of these streets plays an important role in how people will travel through the Albina area.
As design progresses, we are looking to the community to share what is important and help us shape local street improvements such as:
- sidewalk design and street crossings for people walking, rolling and biking through the area
- the look and feel of the street environment and gathering spaces for people
- location of bus stops, amenities at bus stops and placement of traffic signals
- design and placement of bicycle paths
- location of parking, loading and drop-off locations
Walls and overpasses
There is over a mile worth of walls, support columns and bridge decks added as part of Proposed Hybrid 3 Concept. These hard surfaces will be seen by people traveling on I-5 and by people walking, rolling, biking, driving and riding transit in the neighborhoods around the freeway. We want the community to help shape the look and feel of these structures. There are design opportunities on the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement project that would honor the legacy of Albina through design of:
- textured concrete patterns with cultural reference to the African diaspora
- vibrant murals created by Black artists
- creative usage of the natural landscape
- artistic enhancement of retaining walls, columns and overpasses
Watch the October 19 presentation to hear the Historic Albina Advisory Board's (HAAB) discuss future opportunities to shape the design of the highway cover, local streets, walls and overpasses. The HAAB will continue discussing local streets improvements at future meetings. While we'll be bringing these and other considerations to the public next year, there are a number of ways you can get involved and share your feedback on the project today.
Construction
Construction is anticipated to begin on early work packages, where the greatest opportunities for Disadvantaged Business Enterprises lie, following completion of the project's Supplemental Environmental Assessment, expected as soon as late 2023. In the meantime, crews have been completing fieldwork such as surveying and material sampling in the Rose Quarter area. This early fieldwork is to understand current site conditions to help inform project design.