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City manager previews wider menu of street cross sections as part of Transportation System Plan update
Summary
City Manager Worthy presented new 'typical street cross sections' options—different right-of-way widths and bike/ped treatments—saying the proposals create more design choices, could lower costs and improve safety. The designs will go to the planning commission for public review before returning to council.
City Manager Worthy told the Newberg City Council on Oct. 20 that staff is proposing a set of additional “typical cross sections” to add to the city’s Transportation System Plan, saying the expanded options could reduce construction costs and offer safer, more context-sensitive streets.
Worthy said the package is a preview, not a final decision, and that the next step will be review by the planning commission followed by a return to the council for deliberation and possible adoption. "The next step would be for it to go to the planning commission and that's so that it gets public review," he said.
The cross sections shown to the council add alternatives for major and minor collectors and some multimodal options for riverfront and new-growth areas. Worthy described existing and proposed profiles by right-of-way width: major arterials already in the…
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