Clackamas County seeks public input on update to Transportation System Plan

A county staff member urged residents to help set priorities for transportation investments on the edges of Clackamas County, asking, “What do you want the future of transportation to look like in Clackamas County?”

County staff opened a public outreach period for an update to the county’s Transportation System Plan (TSP) for areas outside city limits, saying the office has been meeting with community members for months and is now sharing a draft list of projects that could be completed over the next 20 years. The staff member said feedback will help shape roads, sidewalks, bike facilities and other projects.

The county asked residents two guiding questions to focus responses: which projects should be built first and which projects are most important and why. Staff encouraged people to attend in-person workshops to speak directly with county staff and review the draft projects.

Staff listed five in-person workshops: June 10 at Riverside High School in Tualatin; June 11 at Concord Community Center in Milwaukie; June 18 at Mount Hood Oregon Resort in Welches; June 23 at the Transportation Services Building in Oregon City; and June 24 at the Happy Valley Library. For those who cannot attend in person, the county opened a virtual open house running June 1–July 13 and provided a web page for submitting comments (clackamas.us/transportation/tsbupdate).

The outreach focuses on areas outside municipal boundaries, where the county has primary responsibility for roads and related facilities. County staff said the public’s input will inform which projects from the draft list move forward and in what order, though no formal funding decisions or schedules were announced during the presentation.

Residents and stakeholders who want to review the draft projects or submit comments can visit the county web page or attend one of the listed workshops. Staff said they will use the submitted feedback to refine priorities as the TSP update proceeds.