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City staff propose prioritization and scoping approach to speed neighborhood bikeway builds

2627719 · January 9, 2025
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Corvallis staff outlined a two-part approach — prioritized scoring and upfront scoping — to accelerate neighborhood bikeway projects, using the Tyler Avenue project as an example and signaling potential budget requests in the next fiscal cycle.

City transportation staff told the Corvallis City Council in a work session that they plan to change how the city identifies, scopes and funds neighborhood bikeways so projects move from planning into construction more predictably.

Rory Rowan, the city’s transportation division manager, described a two-part approach: first, a prioritization exercise that uses objective criteria and public input to order projects; second, earlier scoping work to identify key elements (and costs) before final design. Rowan said the change is meant to reduce the number of projects that stall in design because a single missing element — such as a safe crossing at a busy street — emerges only after the corridor is partially designed.

The staff framed the proposal around the Tyler Avenue…

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