Washington County presents Farmington Road concept plan; recommends multiuse path and three‑lane sections, estimates $62–71 million for 1.5‑mile ODOT segment

Washington County staff presented a planning‑level concept plan for Farmington Road on Aug. 5, asking the Board of Commissioners to acknowledge a recommended design that emphasizes safety and multimodal access and to allow staff to finalize the report and pursue jurisdictional‑transfer steps with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT).

Steven Roberts, the county's Land Use and Transportation director, and Diame Valentine, transportation‑planning manager, told the board the project study area runs from Kinnaman Road west to about 198th Avenue, with the ODOT‑owned portion targeted for transfer covering approximately 1.5 miles. The work is intended to produce a planning‑level concept, cost estimate and public engagement record to support a future jurisdictional transfer application under the 2023 legislative process that created the jurisdictional transfer advisory committee (House Bill 2793).

"This effort really is intended to develop a concept planning‑level cost estimate to help advance conversations," Roberts said during the presentation.

The project team and the consultant EKS Associates evaluated mobility and safety alternatives for motor vehicles,…