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Committee refers ordinance to acquire easements for 80 Second Avenue safety improvements
Summary
PBOT told the committee it needs permanent and temporary easements from seven property owners to build signal, sidewalk and median improvements on 80 Second Avenue; the committee voted to send the eminent‑domain authorization to full council with a recommendation to adopt.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on July 21 recommended that City Council consider an ordinance authorizing the Portland Bureau of Transportation to acquire certain permanent and temporary property rights, including by eminent domain if necessary, to construct the Gleeson and Davis signal improvements on 80 Second Avenue.
PBOT project manager Brianna Orr said the project stems from the jurisdictional transfer of 80 Second Avenue and the bureau’s Build a Better 80 Second Avenue plan. The project includes two upgraded traffic signals (at Gleeson and Davis), new Americans with…
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