Springwater Trail closed from SE Spokane to Umatilla in Sellwood
Posted by: MargauxSep 16 2009, 10:00 am
Update 9/15/09: Oaks Bottom detour
A second detour will be in effect on the Springwater Trail from October 5th through October 14th. This just in from the City of Portland:
A temporary detour will be in place at Oaks Bottom from 6:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on weekdays to allow for soil testing activites. The trail will be open after work hours and on weekends. The work will last through Wednesday, October 14.
During work hours, bikes and pedestrians will be routed a few feet off the trail for about 75 feet at Oaks Bottom, just north of the Oaks Amusement Park. Bicyclists will have to walk their bikes through the work area and flaggers will ensure safe passage for pedestrians and bicyclists.
Sellwood Bridge detour
There will be a detour in effect on the Springwater Trail under the Sellwood Bridge from September 2009 to February 2010. Trail users will take a detour at SE Spokane and SE 7th Ave. The city has closed this section of the trail to work on sewer repair projects.
Source: City of Portland
Visit the city's website to learn more about the project.
If there is not a traffic light at the intersection then cyclists are relying on breaks in traffic on a very busy car traffic crossing on Tacoma.
The cycling detour should go around safe traffic flow that has stop signs or traffic lights or else there will likely be an accident caused by impatience. Nothing against cars or cyclists (I bike to work every day) I just think we should give both groups a chance.
Maybe the city can put up an interim (6 month) stoplight at the intersection to ease the situation for both groups. Simple. Safe. Effective. Reliable. Repeatable.
2 cents from a 2 wheeler