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Neighbors across Portland press committee for street-level fixes: Holgate crossings, Skyline speeds, Linton trails and more
Summary
Dozens of residents gave two-minute testimonies asking the committee to address local safety and access problems: Holgate crosswalks and accessibility for people who use wheelchairs, high speeds on Skyline Boulevard, unfinished trails and river crossings in Linton, and drug-use impacts near Cathedral Park businesses and school zones.
More than a dozen residents from neighborhoods across Portland used the committee's public comment period to press for targeted safety and access fixes on specific streets.
Reed Neighborhood Association leaders said Southeast Holgate Boulevard near 30th and 29th Avenues is dangerous for pedestrians, schoolchildren and people who use wheelchairs because motorists routinely fail to stop at crosswalks and sidewalks are obstructed or inaccessible. "I've watched as a pedestrian was trying to cross... they were honked at," Reed Neighborhood Association…
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