Traffic Impact
8.5.22 Construction Update:
Thank you for your patience!
Construction of our Lombard Multimodal Safety project is nearing completion. We expect the project to be complete in late summer 2022. We appreciate your patience while we make a safer and more accessible North Lombard Street (U.S. 30 Bypass) for all users.
Periodic night work continues through August
Paving activities are complete along North Lombard Street between North Newman Avenue to North Boston Avenue and the intersection of North Fiske Avenue. Periodic night work will continue through August to complete and make final adjustments on the new, permanent traffic signals and two new
Rectangular Rapid Flashing beacons (RRFBs).
Night work hours are from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. Work will also occur during the day from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Watch for flaggers directing traffic at night while crews are working on the traffic signals at each intersection.
While construction work continues, expect periodic daytime and nighttime lane closures at alternating locations along the project area, periodic shoulder closures, flaggers in the work zones and temporary detours for people using the sidewalk. Short-term detours at side streets.
Work is weather dependent and subject to change.
Street Parking
To increase safety for people walking, biking, rolling and driving, street parking within the project area on North Lombard Street will be permanently removed once paving begins.
Noise Hotline
We received a noise variance from the City of Portland to do limited work between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. The noise hotline is 503-294-2125. This number is available for nearby residents and businesses to help resolve any ODOT noise-related concerns 24 hours a day.
Please contact the City of Portland's Noise Office for any night time noise concerns outside of our project area, as there are a variety of city projects in the area:
noise@portlandoregon.gov.
Expect intermittent impacts to your travel, detailed below. Allow extra time when traveling and follow all signs and flaggers for safety.
Tips for Traveling Safely in Work Zones
- Orange is your cue! Pay attention when you see orange signs, barrels, cones and barricades.
- Obey all speed signs for your safety and the safety of others.
- Expect delays—plan for them—and leave early so you can drive safely through the work zone.
- Vehicles and freight: Traffic will still flow in both directions during construction, with occasional lane closures and delays. Crews will reduce and shift vehicle lanes to make room for paving and other construction activities.
- Biking: Share the lane with vehicles, walk bikes along sidewalks, or use a neighborhood greenway such as North Bryant Street. Bike lanes will open at project completion.
- Walking, rolling and accessing transit: There may be guided detour paths near corners as accessible ramps are installed.
This image illustrates a temporary pedestrian detour.
Project Schedule
This image shows the three stages of construction phasing from 2021 to 2022, working from north, to south, to the center turn lane.
Construction Impacts
We’ll do most of the work from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, but we’ll do the heavier work — such as installing traffic signals and repaving — at night, when impacts will affect fewer travelers (and be safer for workers).
We received a noise variance from the City of Portland to do limited work between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. The noise concerns hotline is 503-294-2125. This number is available for nearby residents and businesses to help resolve any ODOT noise-related concerns 24 hours a day.
Schedule is subject to change due to unforeseen weather and site conditions.
Current and remaining construction activities include:
- Completing construction of remaining ADA sidewalk curb ramps, including at North Fiske Avenue.
- Periodic night work for electrical work and signal pole work for the new traffic signals at the signalized intersections along North Lombard before they get activated.
- Electrical work on North Lombard Street at North Emerald Avenue and North Delaware Avenue before activation of the two new Rapid Rectangular Flashing Beacons (RRBFs).
- Concrete work at a couple of locations for the new bus stop access areas between the sidewalk and the curb.
- Sidewalk work associated with a few driveway locations on the west end of the project area.
- Utility work, manhole adjustments along the north and south sides of the project area.
- Landscape and irrigation work in some locations.
- Installation of remaining permanent signs along the project corridor.
Current work is occurring on the roadway within the project corridor on the north and south sides of North Lombard Street between North Fiske Avenue and North Boston Avenue.
Periodic daytime and nighttime work will continue through summer 2022.
We will continue to provide construction updates through emails and this project website as work progresses.
Meetings and Events
We held in-person and online open houses in March 2019 and January 2020, and an online open house in January 2021. ODOT is always listening to community members and considering their feedback.
Schedule
Construction is currently underway and will continue through late summer 2022. Schedule is subject to change.