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Sherwood plans traffic safety committee elevation as city weighs short-term enforcement at 99/Sunset
Summary
City advisory members discussed repeated driver behavior at the 99 Eastbound-to-Sunset intersection, longer-term lane changes managed by ODOT and consensus to elevate the Traffic Safety Committee to a standalone advisory board with a council liaison; a major pedestrian-bridge move is scheduled March 8 and will require temporary closures.
Board members and staff spent substantial time on local traffic concerns, focusing on recurring risky merges where the 99 eastbound turn lanes meet Sunset Drive, possible near-term enforcement, longer-term engineering changes requiring state approval and an administrative change elevating the Traffic Safety Committee to a separate advisory board.
The intersection problem: members described repeated last‑second lane changes by drivers taking the hard-right turn lane off 99 then quickly cutting across to merge. That behavior, attendees said, creates pedestrian risk when a vehicle in the left lane stops and a turning vehicle tries to cut across. Staff noted long-term engineering proposals have included removing the right‑turn lane to force earlier merges and altering left-turn…
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