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Oregon City receives quiet-zone update; officials face $1.69 million funding gap
Summary
Public works director Dana Webb told the city commission the downtown quiet-zone project would remove routine train horns at two crossings, but the latest 2026 estimate raises the project to about $4.2 million, leaving a $1.69 million shortfall the city hopes to cover with grants or urban renewal funds.
Dana Webb, Oregon City public works director, told the commission on Feb. 18 that design work is underway to create a downtown quiet zone that would end routine sounding of train horns at the 10th & Singer Hill crossing and the 11th Street pedestrian crossing once safety improvements are in place.
"The project will go out to bid through ODOT's process, and so we anticipate it will go out to bid in October 2026," Webb said, and she said construction is anticipated to begin in early 2027. The planned safety work includes four-quadrant gates and pedestrian-safety improvements; Union…
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