The Portland Bureau of Transportation will scale back the house for driving so as to decrease speeds by a infamous nook within the Sullivan’s Gulch neighborhood.
The flip from eastbound NE Weidler to northbound NE twenty fourth has been the scene of quite a few car-into-house collisions through the years, a lot in order that native information shops say it’s been named the “automotive crash home.” In late December, one other automotive driver missed the flip and slammed into the home whereas additionally breaking a fuel line. The collision began an enormous hearth and the ensuing information protection ratcheted up strain on the Metropolis of Portland to do one thing about it.
At a gathering of the Sullivan’s Gulch Neighborhood Affiliation on Monday, PBOT mentioned they’ll seize the chance of an upcoming repaving mission to revamp the road. The thought is to gradual drivers down sufficient so in the event that they miss the flip their automobiles gained’t leap the curb. And if drivers proceed to be so unhealthy at working their autos, they’ll slam into newly put in boulders.
In accordance with a presentation shared on the assembly, the plan is to cut back NE Weidler from two lanes to 1 lane because it approaches the flip. To additional slender the driving house (a confirmed technique to scale back speeds) PBOT may even add parking on one facet of the road and widen the protected bike lane by the flip. PBOT may even decrease the pace restrict from 30 to 25 mph and set up a pace reader board that may encourage drivers to go 15 mph across the curves. A brand new marked crosswalk shall be put in on the western corners of NE Weidler and twenty fourth. PBOT may even add a number of new marked crosswalks, curb extensions, and a buffer to the present bike lane on NE Weidler between NE fifteenth and twenty fourth.
And if all else fails, massive boulders positioned in entrance of the home on the finish of NE Weidler road ought to forestall anybody from leaving the roadway.
PBOT says they hope to finish the mission this summer time. See the mission web site for extra data.
