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Work Set to Begin on the Garden Corner Curves
Work gets underway in July on transportation improvements along the Garden Corner Curves corridor. The project will upgrade the corridor that follows SW 105th Avenue/Blake Street/108th Avenue between Avery and Willow Streets.
This is a narrow, constrained route where pedestrians and bicycles currently share the roadway with vehicles. The road has sharp curves and limited visibility, offering little or no shoulder, steep banks and ditches just beyond the pavement edge.
The improvements at Garden Corner Curves will include a new shared use path, flashing beacons at Moratoc Drive and Blake/108th, a high visibility raised crossing, and a driver feedback sign that displays vehicle speed. The anticipated result will be a good place for people to safely drive, walk or ride their bikes. “This will be a great improvement for the community, and we will be very glad to see it under construction”, says Mike McCarthy, P.E., principal traffic engineer for the City of Tualatin.
Project construction is expected to begin in late July 2020, with work extending into 2021. Part of the project will replace a culvert under 105th Avenue. To protect fish habitat in Hedges Creek, this work can only occur between July 15 and September 30.
The project was designed with extensive input from the community. Julie Makarowsky, a project neighbor, has been involved as an advocate since moving to Tualatin in 2001. From her vantage point, she has witnessed a number of accidents and close calls. The City’s engineering staff and consultants met people in the neighborhood, even at their kitchen table, and held well-attended public workshops and tours.
City Councilor Robert Kellogg got involved in Tualatin civic life as the Ibach CIO’s first president, promoting solutions for his neighborhood’s #1 priority – Garden Corner Curves. “It is particularly gratifying for me to see work getting underway here”, says Councilor Kellogg. “I can’t wait to celebrate project completion in 2021.”
Echoing Councilor Kellogg, Julie Makarowsky is also looking forward to celebrating completion of “an improvement for generations to come”. “I never thought anything would happen – I’m super super excited.” She sees the project as a model for effective community involvement. “The City has been amazing – finding short-term fixes, and eventually permanent solutions.”
The Garden Corner Curves project is estimated to cost $3 million. It will be funded by the $20 million Tualatin Moving Forward bond program approved by voters in May 2018. Five projects have been completed and another nine projects will start construction this year. “Fixing the safety problems at Garden Corner Curves turned out to be a big, complex project. It would not have been possible without the bond program”, concludes Councilor Kellogg.
