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Shorewood launches 18–21 month update of 20‑year Transportation System Plan, seeks council direction
Summary
Shorewood City Council on an evening work session discussed beginning an 18'0-year update of the city's Transportation System Plan, or TSP, with the engineering department leading the effort and consultant Kittelson & Associates assisting.
Shorewood City Council on an evening work session discussed beginning an 18–21 month update of the city's Transportation System Plan, or TSP, with the engineering department leading the effort and consultant Kittelson & Associates assisting.
The update, described by Jason Waters, Shorewood city engineer, and Phil Worth of Kittelson & Associates, will use a 20-year planning horizon and is intended to produce both a fiscally constrained project list and an aspirational list of projects positioned for state and federal grants. The council and consultant said they will return to council in a follow-up work session in about two weeks to gather more direction and questions from members.
The TSP is a companion document to the city's comprehensive plan and must document existing conditions, forecast future conditions and define a future network for motor vehicles, pedestrians, bicycles and transit. Kittelson's team emphasized new state requirements from the Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities guidance and the need to expand performance measures beyond vehicle delay to include pedestrian, bicycle and transit outcomes.
Council discussion identified several topics the update should address: identifying and prioritizing sidewalk and path gaps (including seasonal flooding of a multiuse path through Stella Olsen Park), clarifying standards for crosswalks and pedestrian facilities near schools, revisiting long-standing corridor alternatives (signal versus roundabout at Sherwood Boulevard and Century Drive), and whether the TSP should expand its transit chapter to examine local shuttle options and new technologies. Staff noted coordination with ODOT, Metro and surrounding jurisdictions and said the Sherwood West comprehensive planning work would be carried alongside the TSP so the documents align.
Jason Waters told the council the city currently operates three signalized intersections and plans to inventory and modernize signal controllers so future projects can be grant-ready. The consultant said the update will consider a pedestrian action plan and fold in an ongoing Safe Routes to School study. Council members asked that emergency services and police be included on the technical advisory committee to ensure response needs are considered.
No formal ordinance or vote was taken at the meeting; staff and the consultant were directed to refine the TSP scope, post questions for council review and return at a scheduled follow-up work session to continue the discussion.
The council and consultant said the intent is to build a TSP that allows the city to prioritize projects for its capital program while positioning specific projects to be competitive for MSTIP, Metro and federal grants.
