This proposed trail would go from the Steel Bridge north to the St. John’s Bridge, connecting far North Portland with the Eastside Esplanade. The trails proposal also includes adding a bike path to the BNSF railroad that spans the Willamette River between the I-405/Fremont bridge and the St. John’s bridge. Imagine that! Trips from North Portland to NW Portland would be much quicker, making that trip to Trader Joe’s by bike more feasible!

At this time, the NP Greenway is included in a bundle of Metro trail master plans (RTP #10355), which is currently on the draft RTP (Regional Transportation Plan) Financially constrained list. The list will be forwarded by JPACT/MPAC for public comment Oct 15th-Nov 15th. Being on this list means that it will be eligible to receive federal dollars (in future MTIP cycles) to pay for the master plan.

The master plans in the that bundle include:

- Hillsboro to Council Creek & Gales Creek Trail
- North Portland Greenway Trail: Steel Bridge to St.T John's Bridge
- East Buttes Loop Trail Master Plan: Gresham and Happy Valley to Damascus
- Springwater Corridor to Clackamas Bluffs and Greenway
- Gateway to the Columbia Gorge Trail: Gresham/Fairview to Troutdale to Columbia Gorge Trail Connections
- Portland South Waterfront to Lake Oswego to West Linn Trail
- Columbia Slough Trail
- Regional Trails Strategy and Master Plan for the Portland Metro Area (including relationship of regional trails to on-street bikeways and local trail system).

There are two more public comment forums in conjunction with Metro Council Hearings, where you can voice your support of the NP Greenway project:

Th Nov 8 5pm at Hillsboro Civic Center Auditorium
150 E. Main St.
Th Nov 15 2pm at Metro Council Chambers
600 NE Grand

There will be comment forms available at those meetings.
You can:
- Put the comment form in a comment box at one of those public hearings/open houses

- Fill out a form and hand it to the Clerk of the Council to testify in person

- Mail a completed form to:
RTP Comments
Metro Planning Department
600 NE Grand Ave
Portland, OR 97232

- Fax a form to: RTP Comments 503-797-1930

- Send an email to Metro with "RTP Comment" in the subject line. Be sure that your contact information (name, address) is included and legible

- go to this link and fill out a testimony form online

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