A 4.5-mile network of bike and pedestrian improvements that will connect Northeast and Southeast Portland got a final nod from the Portland City Council this week. The project was made possible by a grant from Metro's regional flexible funding program, which will cover 90 percent of the $1.5 million cost.
Construction is expected to start in 2013. Nearly 20,000 people live within a quarter mile of the corridor, which stretches from the Rose City Park neighborhood on the north, to Woodstock on the south.
Want to help shape other upcoming bike, pedestrian, public transit and freight projects? Comment by Oct. 13 on 11 more projects that are seeking flexible funding dollars. They include bike, pedestrian and public transit projects in East Portland, Sherwood, Hillsboro, Wood Village and Milwaukie.
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