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City of St. Helens, Columbia County discuss traffic plans as First Street intersection work enters final phase
Summary
City and county officials and state-court representatives discussed two traffic-control options for the final concrete pour at St. Helens' First Street intersection, weighing speed and cost against juror and ADA parking needs. The board later approved a separate change order up to $4,500 after an executive session.
City of St. Helens and Columbia County officials met Jan. 22 to discuss traffic control and access options for the final concrete pour at the First Street intersection, a project city staff described as the largest in the city's history.
City Administrator John Walsh told the Columbia County Board of Commissioners the intersection is the project’s last “pivotal intersection” and that utilities and coordination problems forced the city to place the final work at the end of the schedule. “This has been basically the largest project in the city's history,” Public Works Director Mohammad Zahir said, adding the work has taken about two-and-a-half years.
The city presented two traffic-control plans. Option 1 would close the intersection to build the entire concrete panel at once, routing southbound traffic through the public parking lot and Strand Street; Zahir…
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