Project Description
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and Clackamas County propose to build a new, east-west oriented, limited-access highway between I-205 and the Rock Creek Junction. The purpose of the proposed Sunrise Project is to effectively address the existing congestion and safety problems in the OR 212/224 corridor between its interchange with I-205 and Rock Creek Junction, and to serve the growing demand for regional travel and access to the state highway system.
Project Status (updated 8/3/2009)
A committee of decision makers in the region has made its final
recommendations for the Sunrise Project, a new limited-access highway
extending east from the Milwaukie Expressway at I-205 to the Rock Creek
Junction. At their final meeting on Wednesday, July 29th, the Policy Review Committee
recommended the project be built with a midpoint interchange in the SE
122nd Avenue area. The preferred alternative also includes major
improvements in the OR 212/82nd Drive intersection area, eliminating
many left-turn movements from the intersection and 82nd Drive. This
preferred alternative was also recommended by a majority of the Project Advisory Committee in May.
The Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS),
published in fall 2008, contained an analysis of the potential
environmental and community effects associated with the three
alternatives being studied. The preferred alternative will be forwarded
to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in the Final Environmental
Impact Statement (FEIS) for approval.
Also on July 29, 2009, Gov. Ted Kulongoski signed the Jobs and
Transportation Act, which specifically provides $100 million to begin
work on the Sunrise Project. An additional $30 million in state and
federal funds are also available for the project. The combination of
these funds will provide the opportunity for initial elements of the
project to be built in the next several years after the FEIS is
complete and a Record of Decision is made by FHWA. The full project is
estimated at just over $1 billion.
As the local jurisdictions discuss the availability of funding and
how to phase the project, the project team is preparing maps of the
preferred alternative and collecting additional information to be
published in the FEIS early next year. A Record of Decision on the FEIS
is also expected in 2010.
Project Schedule
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