Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Beaver Creek Bridge topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Troutdale posts 30% design, seeks local share from Metro for Beaver Creek bridge
Summary
City displayed a 30% conceptual design and bilingual outreach materials for a proposed Beaver Creek Canyon pedestrian bridge and will apply to Metro for local share construction funds; staff expects to bid in early 2026 if funding is secured.
City planning staff presented a 30% conceptual design for a proposed pedestrian bridge at Beaver Creek Canyon and described a bilingual outreach campaign to gather public feedback, including a GIS story map and an English/Spanish survey.
Erica Palmer, Troutdale community development director, said the bridge “fell under disrepair and was taken out quite a few years ago” and that the project team plans to request Metro local share dollars to help pay for construction and related costs. The city has created a project web page with photos, a conceptual design and a story map that explains the canyon’s trails and features.
Palmer said the design is at 30% and staff hopes to go to bid in early 2026 to complete final design and construct the bridge. “We put together a 30% conceptual design this year, and then we hope to go out to bid early next year in 2026 to complete those plans and then to construct the bridge and install it,” Palmer said.
Staff is running bilingual outreach and has asked CAC members to help distribute flyers and QR codes. Committee members discussed access, safety and user groups; several committee members asked whether the bridge and trail will be ADA‑accessible and how the project will accommodate hikers, walkers and mountain‑bike users. Palmer said accessibility questions were included in the survey but cautioned that the canyon is steep and that full ADA access “might not be accessible now getting down there,” adding that some improvements may be possible in future phases.
The city is also coordinating with its technical consultants and volunteers (Friends of Trailkeepers and other local groups) on trail repairs and boardwalk work; staff said the boardwalk is being rebuilt but that those repairs are separate from the bridge construction.
No formal funding decision was made at the CAC meeting; staff requested help with outreach and will include public feedback in future design steps and funding applications to Metro.
