Residents and local officials used a Clackamas County Transportation System Plan workshop to press the county on safety and freight issues in East County.

Crystal Rojas of Damascus told the meeting, "My biggest concern is safety, around the area, specifically around 223rd Avenue within the school zone," describing increased speeding, semi trucks on two‑lane roads and difficulty for emergency vehicles to pass (Crystal Rojas, resident). Jennifer, a Boring resident, recounted a recent ODOT presentation and said an ODOT representative told the local community that "3 fatalities basically in the 10 year period that they analyze it was not enough to crack their top 1,600 priorities throughout the state." She asked what Clackamas County could do to get more attention to corridor safety.

Les Poole, an advocate for the Sunrise Corridor, warned planners not to treat the plan purely as passenger transit, calling out freight and distribution needs and saying "Highway 212 is a parking lot through Damascus." Several participants, including Sandy city officials, raised Kelso Road, Sunnyside Road and other county roads that intersect state highways as priorities.

County staff said they will capture these mapped safety concerns and take several next steps: examine the locations raised, pursue a safety‑focused action plan (TSAP) to analyze severe crashes, and work with ODOT and regional partners to advocate for funding and priority changes. "We have an effort underway... the TSAP, which is a safety focused action plan," Jeff said, adding county staff would try to influence partners on severe crash locations.

What happens next: consultants and county staff reiterated that mapped comments on the virtual open house will be reviewed and used to shape draft project lists. The virtual open house will remain open for roughly six weeks; staff urged residents to add pins and descriptive comments so the project team and elected officials can see localized concerns.