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~498 e 4/13/59 PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION, THIS PROJECT IS RECOMMENDED IN LIEU OF WIDENING II~H AVENUE FROM WILlAMETTE. STREET TO KINCAID STREET. I SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE 1950 STREET PROGRAM THE CITY HAS ADOPTED A ONE-WAY STREET SYSTEM IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT. ONE-WAY. STREETS IN CONGESTED BUSINESS AREAS HAVE PROVEN TO BE MORE EFFICIENT, LESS HAZARDOUS, AND LESS COSTLY THAN STREET WIDENING TO MAINTAIN TWO-WAY TRAfFIC. To W1DEN EAST 11TH TO FOUR LANES OF TWO WAY TRAffiC WOULD DESTROY ALL THE STREET TREES, AND WITHOUT ACQUISI- TION Of COSTLY RIGHT-Of-WAY, LIMIT IMPROVEMENTS TO 2 PARKING LANES OF e-FEET EACH, FOUR (SUB~STANDARD) 10-FT DRIVING LANES, AND TWO (SUB-STANDARD) 5-FOOT COMMERCIAL SIDEWALKS. To ALLOW LEFT TURNS WOULD BE TO NULLIFY TWO OF THE MOVING TRAFFIC LANES. FOUR LANES OF TWO-WAY TRAFFIC IN A BUSINESS AREA ADDS TO CONFLICTS AND, HAZARDS FOR PEDESTRIAN. MOVEMENT. THE ADOPTION OF I.ITH-13TH AS A I..WAY COUPLET WOULD ,NOT ONLY SOLVE THE TRAfFIC, PROBLEM EAST OF WILLAMETTE, BUT WOULD ALSO EXPEDITE TRAfFIC FLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN. DURING THE PAST NINE YEARS, THE WEST SIDE GROWTH HAS CREATED PROBLEMS WEST OF WILLAMETTE STREET EQUAL TO THOSE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY. THIS SITUATION WILL BECOME MORE DIFFICULT WITH THE COMPLETION OF ROUTE "F" TO FLORENCE. IT IS ALSO BELIEVED THAT THE CREATION OF IIT~ AND 13TH AS I-WAY STREETS WILL ATTRACT TRAFfIC THAT IS NOW USING 6TH AND 7,TH, THEREBY AIDING IN SOLVING ANOTHER DIFFICULT TRAFFIC PROBLEM. e THE COST OF CONVERT I NG II TH AND 13TH: IS ,RELAT I VEL Y SMALL AND SHOULD SERVE FOR. MANY YEARS, ~N A TRIAL BASIS, BEFORE COSTLY TRANSITION ROUTES ARE CONSTRUCTED-, AT THE EAST AND WEST ENDS TO SIMPLIFY TURNING MOVEMENTS ON 11TH TO AND FROM 13TH AVENUE. I DEFI C I ENC I ES 11TH AVE-13TH AVE,AS A'ONE-WAY COUPLET IS NOT AN IDEAL ANSWER, BUT IS, BELIEVED TO BE THE BEST OF SEVERAL POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS UNDER PRESENT CONDITIONS. IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT 11TH AVE FOR WESTBOUND TRAFFIC AND 13TH fOR EASTBOUND TRAFFIC, BREAKS THE PROPER SEQUENCE FOR EAST-WEST STREETS. IT IS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT 10TH AVENUE BE RETURNED TO 2-WAY TRAFF I C TO EXPED.I TE I NTERNAL: FLOW I N THE CENTRAL BUS:,NESS DISTRICT. IDEALLY 12TH AND 13TH SHOULD BECOME THE I-WAY COUPLET, BUT THE COST OF OPENING 12TH AVE FROM OAK TO OLIVE WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE C~NSIDERING OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS TO BE ACCOMPL1SHED. 2. AMAZON EXPRESSWAY FROM 19TH TO 24TH ESTIMATED COST TO CITY: $ 58,600.00 PURPOSE AND JUSTIFICATION THIS PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 1950 PROGRAM, BUT IS NOW CONCEIVED AS BEING THE BEGINNING Of A CONTROLLED ACCESS ARTERIAL DESIGNED TO MOVE TRAFFIC RAPIDLY AND SAFETLY FROM INTERIOR AND OUTLYING RESIDENTIAL AREAS TO THE CENTER BUS-, NESS DISTRICT, OR AROUND THE CENTRAL BUSINES~ DISJRICT TO THE MAJOR ARTERIAL NETWORK BEING PLANNED BY THE STATE HJGHWAY DEPARTMENl AND THE COUNTY., FULL COST Of RIG~J- Of-WAY AND PAVING WOULD BE BORNE BY THE CITY, AND ABUTTING PROPERTIES WOULD BE SCREENED.BY PARKWAY STRIP.S. ACCESS WOULD BE LIMITED TO 19TH AND,24TH. THE IN!~ TIAL PROGRAM WOULD CALL FOR 36 FT Of PAVING FOR TWO-WAY TRAFFIC AND ONLY EM~RGENCY PARKING. DECELERATION, ACCELERATION AND REFUGE LANES WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR SAFE TURNING MOVEMENTS AT 19TH AND 24TH. NORTH OF 19TH,. PEARL AND HIGH STR~ETS WOULD SERVE TEMPORARILY AS A ONE-WAY COUPLET, AND ,SciUTH OF 24TH, W,LLAMETTE AND' HILYARD WOULD SERVE fEMPORARILY AS PRIMARY TRAFFIC WAYS. RIGHTOr-WAY ~OULDBE OF SUFFICIENT WIDTH T.O PROVIDE fOR A FUTURE ADDITIONAL 36 H PAVING, WITH , SEPARATION OF INBOUND AND OUTBOUND TRAfFIC BY A MEDIAN STRIP. FUTURE GENERA- TIONS COULD CONSTRUCT SEPARATION CROSSINGS AND INTERCHANGES IN REQUIRED. I DEFICIENCIES THIS IS LONG RANGE PLANNING WITH THE ONLY DEFICIENCIES BEING THOSE LIMITATIONS IMPOSED BY INADEQUATE FINANCING. UNDER THIS PROGRAM ABUTTING PROPERTIES WOULD NOT BE ASSESSED SINCE BENEFIT WOULD NOT DIRECTLY ACCRUE TO THEM. I ~ 11. I; IJ I I I i I if I' II I' I - 3. STORM SEWER PARALLELING POLK STREET FROM 24TH TO THE AMAZON ESTIMATED COST TO THE,CITY: $ 35,745.00 PURPOSE AND~uiTlfICAi,O~ CAPACITY OF EXISTING STORM SEWERS IS .-NADEQUATE TO CARRY THE WEST SIDE SURFACE WATER. THIS ITEM WAS NOT' SPECIFICALLY I:ISTEDIN THE 1950 ROAD PROGRAM, BUT APPEARS AS AN ITEM IN CONNECTION WITH PAVING POLK AND CHAMBERS STREETS. THE WELFARE OF THE AREA DEPENDS UPON AN EARLY ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THIS PROJECT. DEFICIENCIES THIS PROJECT IN ITSELF WILL NOT SOLVE THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM. ALTHOUGH IT WILL AID MATERIALLY, SEVERE STORM PERIODS WILL STILL EXCEED THE SEWER CAPACITY. WITH fURTHER URBAN DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST SIDE, THE PROBLEMS WILL BECOME MORE SEVERE. A CONTINUING PROGRAM Of STORM SEWERS AND AMAZON CHANNEL LjNING WILL BE REQUIRED. I I I I I if 'I I e It ~ Ii LlI