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Fairview Council weighs restriping now or multimillion-dollar rebuild for Halsey Street
Summary
City staff presented two implementation options for Halsey Street in Fairview—near‑term repaving and restriping versus a long‑term $27 million reconstruction—and council directed staff to draft a restriping layout and check with Multnomah County about reimbursement.
City staff presented competing approaches Feb. 19 to improve Halsey Street across Fairview, asking the City Council whether to pursue a near-term repaving and restriping project or to aim for a larger, fully reconstructed cross‑section.
The discussion centered on tradeoffs between a lower-cost, faster restriping-and-repave project and a full capital reconstruction that would widen pedestrian and bicycle zones, add on‑street parking in commercial segments and move bike lanes next to sidewalks. Staff described the engineering and funding steps needed to move either option toward construction. Irene Farrell of Multnomah County attended to address county funding questions.
City staff said the plan currently includes a near‑term repaving and restriping estimate of roughly $1.88 million for the portions inside Fairview shown in the project plan, and that the Fairview urban renewal agency has about $1.1 million identified for Halsey in the current biennium. Staff also presented a planning‑level,…
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