Goals of the Overpass Project

This project helps support several community and City goals:

  • Improve Safety: Trains and roads currently cross right next to each other. This creates risk for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. An overpass would remove that risk and help prevent future crashes, injuries and trespassing on railroad tracks.
  • Improve Traffic Flow and Reliability: Trains often block the road when they stop on the tracks. This project would keep traffic moving on Timberline Road and Vine Drive, reducing delays and making travel times more predictable. It would also help people reach jobs, schools and emergency services faster.
  • Support Walking, Biking and Transit: This project would add safe, dedicated space for people who walk or bike. It would also make bus service more reliable.
  • Accomplish the City’s Long-Term Plans: City Council has approved several transportation plans that call for changes at this location. For decades, the Master Street Plan has shown Timberline Road as a future four-lane street and this intersection as a likely site for an overpass.
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