| I-5 Delta Park Project Information |
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| Hearings Panel Recommendations |
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The I-5 Delta Park Hearings Panel has made recommendations for a Preferred Alternative for the I-5 Delta Park Project. The Hearings Panel selected Alternative 2 - Argyle on the Hill as the Preferred Alternative.
The Hearings Panel made recommendations in the following areas:
- Preferred Alternative Recommendation
- Recommended Changes to the Preferred Alternative
- Recommendations for Final Design and Construction Phases
- Mitigation Measures and Community Enhancements Recommendations
- High Occupancy Vehicle Lane Recommendations
- Phasing and Financing Recommendations
The recommendations are based on:
- Findings of the Environmental Assessment
- Public comments on the Environmental Assessment
- Recommendations from the project’s Citizen Advisory Committee and Environmental Justice Work Group
- Recommendations from local, regional, and state staff
- Input from ODOT’s local, state, and federal environmental regulators
The Hearings Panel was composed of:
- Charlie Sciscione, ODOT Deputy Region 1 Manager
- Cathy Nelson, ODOT Technical Services Manager/Chief Engineer
- Sam Adams, City of Portland Commissioner
- Sue Keil, Director of the Portland Office of Transportation
- Rex Burkholder, Metro Councilor
- Royce Pollard, Mayor City of Vancouver
Read the Recommendations of the I-5 Delta Park Hearing Panel for the Locally Preferred Alternative for details on the recommendations.
The Preferred Alternative will be finalized in a Revised Environmental Assessment that is expected to be released in August/September 2006. All public comments will be responded to in this document.
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| Environmental Assessment |
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Over the last four years, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has worked with the community to develop options for improvements on I-5 between Delta Park and Lombard. A No Build alternative and four Build alternatives were developed, studied, and evaluated in an Environmental Assessment. In June 2005, the project’s Advisory Committees recommended two of the alternatives, Alt. 2 – Argyle on the Hill and Alt. 4 – Columbia Connector, as their preferred alternatives.
Based on public comments, staff recommendations, and discussions with affected regional and local governments, a hearings panel composed of elected officials and senior agency managers selected Revised Alternative 2 as the preferred alternative. The Revised Environmental Assessment (REA) now available on the website describes the preferred alternative, mitigation and conservation measures, additions and changes to the Environmental Assessment, public involvement and ODOT’s response to public and agency comments. It includes the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The REA and FONSI will be printed and distributed by the end of 2006.
The Revised Environmental Assessment (REA) is divided up into several documents (note: some of these files are large)
The REA can be viewed in one PDF here (note: this is a large file at 4.6 MB).
ODOT welcomes your comments and would appreciate receiving them by February 14, 2007.
If these files are too large to download, there are other options to view the Environmental Assessment. Paper copies and CDs of the REA will be available at the end of December 2006:
- Request a CD of the Revised Environmental Assessment from Susan Whitney at susan.a.whitney@odot.state.or.us or at 503-731-8445.
- Copies will be available at two different neighborhood public library branches: St. Johns (7510 N. Charleston Ave.) and N. Portland (512 N. Killingsworth)
- A copy will be available at North Portland Neighborhood Services (2209 N. Schofield, in the Historic Kenton Firehouse)
- A copy will be available at ODOT Region 1 Headquarters at 123 NW Flanders, Portland
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