Every year the City selects a portion of the existing noncompliant curb ramps and improves them to comply with today’s ADA standards. This is an important task as all routes and facilities throughout the City should be accessible to all. The ADA curb ramps selected are based on a combination of future paving projects that require the ADA curb ramps to be improved as a prerequisite, ADA related complaints received by Troutdale residents, and by the City’s ADA transition plan which ranks ADA curb ramps on priority.
The 2025 ADA improvements will include the improvement of ten existing curb ramps and construction of six new ADA compliant curb ramps at four different intersections around the City. The intersections being improved are: SW Sturges Dr & SW Edgefield Ave, SE Lewellyn Ave & SE Evans Ave, SE Sweetbriar Ln & SE Sweetbriar Ct, and SE 23rd St & SW Corbeth Ln. See the map below for more details on the work that will be done. The work will be performed by Brown Contracting and is currently expected to begin in early September and end late November.
The nature of this work does not require substantial parking or traffic restrictions but be aware that pedestrian routes will be temporarily altered and you will notice typical inconveniences associated with construction work such as daytime noise, construction traffic, construction vehicles/equipment parked on the street, and some short-duration traffic control/flagging operations. Construction at each intersection is expected to last 2-3 weeks as each curb ramp will be constructed separately. This is done to make sure that the pedestrian access route can be maintained with minimal detours.
For more information on this project, please dylan.jay [at] troutdaleoregon.gov (email Dylan Jay, Engineering Associate), or call 503-674-7240.
