Fwd: Railroad Crossing Project starting in March

[Rachel S]

City of Corvallis:

The Portland & Western Railroad (PNWR) is planning a railroad maintenance project to help protect against derailments. This work includes replacing the at-grade street crossings of the rail line at several locations in Corvallis. In order to complete the work, each crossing will require a complete closure of the street in the immediate area for the duration of the work, which is expected to take three to four days at a time. Signed detours to nearby alternative routes will be provided during closures. These short-term traffic impacts are inconvenient, but will provide long term benefits to the community with a smoother ride at these locations once the work is complete. The railroad operator is planning to complete work at the following rail and street crossings in Corvallis:

• NW 6th St & NW Harrison Blvd
• NW 6th St & NW Van Buren Ave
• NW 6th St & NW Jackson Ave
• NW/SW 6th St & NW/SW Monroe Ave
• SW 6th St & SW Madison Ave
• SW 6th St & SW Jefferson Ave

The work is planned over several months starting in March and likely lasting through at least June. Work is being planned as one crossing at a time, typically occurring over weekends and with one to two weekdays also needed to complete the work depending on the size and complexity of the crossing. The work duration and scheduling is weather and resource dependent and subject to change. Digital street signs will alert the public of the upcoming work in each area.

[Rachel S (moderation team member)]

Thanks Jay for the eagle eye...I copy/pasted from Nextdoor and missed the crossing at Buchanan! Maybe someone from the City can let us know if the crossing will be similar to the upgraded one at 6th and Adams that is bike/ped friendly.

• NE Conifer Blvd crossing by Cheldelin Middle School 
• Circle Blvd crossing between NE Jack London St and NE Conser St 
• NW Buchanan Ave crossing 
• NW 6th St & NW Tyler Ave crossing 

• NW 6th St & NW Harrison Blvd 
• NW 6th St & NW Van Buren Ave 
• NW 6th St & NW Jackson Ave 
• NW/SW 6th St & NW/SW Monroe Ave 
• SW 6th St & SW Madison Ave
• SW 6th St & SW Jefferson Ave

[Dave Hockman-Wert]

That's great that they're working on these (Buchanan is a bad one), but they still aren't fixing the "train wreck" (bike wreck) of a crossing at 11th, huh?  That's too bad.  It's a fairly heavily used road since it's the only north-south through street between 15th to the west and 6th to the east.  (I don't remember how bad the 13th Street crossing is, but they likely need to fix that one too.)

Dave

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