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Oregon City commissioners press ODOT for business compensation, timeline before approving five-year park access extension
Summary
Commissioners and public commenters pushed back on Oregon Department of Transportation’s request to extend temporary work-area use of John Storm Park and Sportcraft Landing up to five more years for the Abernathy Bridge project, demanding clearer timelines, compensation for affected businesses and a plan before any action.
The Oregon City Commission heard a detailed update and robust public comment Wednesday on a request from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for a five-year extension of temporary work areas in John Storm Park and Sportcraft Landing tied to the Abernathy Bridge seismic retrofit and widening project.
ODOT Region 1 project delivery manager Matt Fritag and area manager Fidel Francis told the commission the project completed the in-water work in the Willamette River and has installed structural steel and other retrofits; the agency said the contract completion date is currently October 2026 but the contractor’s latest schedule shows a likely finish in May 2027. ODOT outlined follow-on subsurface soil-mixing work the agency expects to take about two years (2028–29) and landscaping in 2030. The extension request is for time only, the presenters said, with no change to work-area footprints or mitigation commitments.
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