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County commissioner: ODOT's right-turn diverter is routing traffic onto Middleton gravel road, creating safety and maintenance problems
Summary
Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder told Sherwood council that an ODOT-mandated right-turn diverter on Highway 99 and online mapping have redirected vehicles onto a roughly half-mile stretch of Middleton Drive (a gravel county road). County staff have done counts; paving was estimated at about $500,000 and short-term measures like a four-way stop or blockade are being explored.
Washington County Commissioner Jason Snyder told the Sherwood City Council on Dec. 2 that a right-turn-only diverter ODOT required on Highway 99 has redirected traffic onto a half-mile gravel stretch south of the Sherwood urban growth boundary near Middleton Drive, increasing speed and volume on a road not built for that level of use.
"There's about a half mile area of gravel road that is just getting really misused at this point from both a speed and a traffic count perspective," Snyder said. He told council and staff the county's land use and transportation team has done car counts and found the road deteriorates quickly after…
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