What's New? What’s new with the Tillamook Project?
The most recent developments are listed at the top.
Open House January 27
Over 95 people attended the open house on January 27, 2010
(review the
Display Boards for more information)
Check out the
Monthly Updates!
We will be giving you a look into the project with
monthly updates.
Second open house draws a crowd
The project team answered questions and handed out
information to more than 100 people at the
Tillamook Farmers' Market on June 13th.
More than 50 people attended the first open house
on February 4, 2009, at the Tillamook Library.
Read more about the event.
First newsletter available now
Read the first
newsletter for the project, which announces the open house and gives some background on the project
Get Involved
Learn how you can
get involved with the project.
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), in cooperation with the City of Tillamook and Tillamook County,
has begun work on a federally-required report that will document the impacts and benefits of two alternatives to
help improve how traffic moves between US 101 and OR 6. OR 6 follows the 1st and 3rd street couplet and US 101
follows Main and Pacific avenues in downtown Tillamook. These narrow streets were not designed to safely carry
the large volume of traffic – particularly truck traffic – that is using these streets today.
The US 101/OR 6 Study has identified two
alternatives
for improving safety and reducing traffic congestion in this area. One alternative would reconstruct the existing
bridge over the Hoquarten Slough with two lanes in each direction, bike lanes and sidewalks. The other option would
extend Pacific Avenue north of 1st Street and construct a new bridge for northbound traffic adjacent to the existing
bridge; the existing bridge would be restriped to include two southbound lanes, a bike lane and a sidewalk. Both
options would generally maintain the existing traffic patterns on 1st and 3rd streets, but would modify the most
congested intersections. Both options would also widen the travel lanes on Main and Pacific avenues from 1st Street
to 4th Street by narrowing the sidewalks.
The team will now spend about year completing an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the project. This is a
federally-required report that will document the benefits and impacts of each alternative to the community,
cultural and natural environments. When complete, the Environmental Assessment will will be shared with the
community for review and comment before a decision is made about which alternative should be advanced. Construction
of this project has been funded as part of the State of Oregon’s Jobs and Transportation Act of 2009.
Throughout the project, the team will continue to work closely with community members, business and property owners,
city and county staff, and other stakeholders to understand the trade-offs presented by the different ways of solving
this important transportation problem. Project meetings and other
opportunities to participate
will be posted on this web site.
