City Expands Outreach for This Year's Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program

The City is reopening the annual suggestion process for Neighborhood Traffic Safety projects. Tualatin residents and businesses are invited to recommend locations for safety improvements where there are problems with speeding, lack of safe crosswalks, or small gaps in sidewalks or bike lanes. Investments to address those problems could include new mid-block crosswalks with pedestrian-activated flashing beacons, driver speed feedback signs, or new sidewalks or bike lanes. Priority projects are chosen from all parts of the city, must solve a specific safety problem and fit within the program’s budget.  

This is the third year of the successful community-led program. This time, the City is expanding its efforts to reach out to historically underserved neighborhoods. This expanded approach to outreach aligns with the City Council’s goal to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Public Works director Jeff Fuchs, PE, says “We want to be sure everyone is aware of this opportunity”. 

The schedule for selecting priority projects is shown below 

April                Open call for projects

June 30           Suggestion Deadline

August            Priority projects identified

September     City Council review

October           Project design underway

The projects selected by Tualatin City Council are paid for by the Tualatin Moving Forward bond funds approved by voters in May 2018.  

Last October, the City Council named the second round of community-nominated traffic safety projects. The six priority projects to be built this summer include signalized pedestrian crosswalks and driver feedback signs at these locations:  

50th Ave and Wilke Rd 

Nyberg Ln and 57th Ave 

Sagert St and 72nd Ave 

Boones Ferry Rd at The Commons 

Hazelbrook Rd at Jurgens Park 

Boones Ferry Rd and Arapaho Rd 

Residents who want to suggest a location for the program to address in 2022 can go to the website TualatinMovingForward.com and click on the “Suggest a Project” button. Project ideas submitted in prior years will also be considered.