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Portland committee endorses updated Complete Streets policy, sends revision to full council
Summary
The Sustainability & Transportation Committee recommended the council forward an updated Complete Streets policy that adds performance measures, an annual reporting calendar and clarified exception procedures; stakeholders praised the changes but urged attention to detour safety and stronger exception oversight.
The City of Portland Sustainability & Transportation Committee on June 3 recommended that the City Council consider forwarding an updated Complete Streets policy for approval. The update was presented by Nel Donaldson, director of special projects for the Department of Planning and Urban Development, and committee members and public stakeholders offered largely positive feedback.
Donaldson told the committee the existing policy, originally drafted in 2012, had been revised to streamline language, add performance measures and an annual reporting calendar, and set clearer roles and procedures for granting exceptions. The revised policy adopts recommended language from the National Complete Streets…
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