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What the Community Had to Say

We heard you! 

Thanks for joining us at our last in-person and online open house. We gathered your feedback and will use the information to help us ensure we're looking at solutions that are right for your community.

Alternate text: Project team member greets people at the first project Open House in October 2024.Project team member greets people at the first open house in October 2024.

Traffic entering free-flowing on-ramp to I-5 from Harvard Avenue near Roseburg High School. Vehicles entering the on-ramp to I-5 from Harvard Avenue near Roseburg High School.

Traffic congestion on Garden Valley Boulevard Traffic congestion on Garden Valley Boulevard.

 Learn more about what we heard by clicking on the titles or the plus signs (+) below.

  • Frustration that bike lane ends west of I-5.

  • Desire to make it more comfortable/safe for the community, students and Department of Human Services foot t​raffic.

  • Visibility concerns driving along Harvard Avenue.

  • Safety concerns for people walking, especially at the free-flowing on-ramps.​

  • ​"There are too many accesses along Garden Valley Boulevard."

  • “I avoid Garden Valley at all costs.”

  • "Ugly."

  • Desire for a friendlier corridor to walk, bike and drive through.

  • "The whole area is busy and congested."

  • Safety concerns for people walking, especially at the free-flowing on-ramps.

  • "Lengthen the on-ramp to I-5 southbound."

  • Positive feedback about recent changes to the northbound ramp terminal.


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