119th sidewalk on schedule for construction

119th Avenue between NW Cornell and NW McDaniel currently lacks sidewalks in many stretches, resulting in pedestrians being forced to walk in the roadway adjacent to narrow travel lanes. Due to its proximity to shopping, schools and transit facilities, there is an unusually high pedestrian volume. This project will add sidewalks to the west side of the road between Cornell and McDaniel and will also include minor street widening and storm drainage upgrades. In addition to this project, missing sections of sidewalk on the north side of Cornell Road between Saltzman and 119th will be constructed.

119th typical section (not to scale)

Project Manager Matt Costigan says, "Nothing has really changed design-wise from the initial drawings that were shown at the open house last year. All the right-of-way (ROW) has been acquired. Brush and trees that are in the way of the project need to be removed first. We want to take trees down before birds start nesting, so that should begin in the next few weeks. We are finalizing waterline relocation and construction plans now."

The tentative date to start soliciting construction bids for the project is Monday, April 16th, bid opening on May 2nd, to begin construction around June 1st. The county's project page has more information: http://www.co.washington.or.us/LUT/TransportationProjects/119th-avenue-sidewalk.cfm?page=About

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