Planning and Design
Planning and design of the trackway, crossings, stations and Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Bridge continues as the project moves through the Final Design phase.
Final Design
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) approved the project's entry into Final Design on March 29, 2011. This approval allows the project to be developed from 30 percent design achieved during the Preliminary Engineering phase to 100 percent design, with milestones at 60 and 90 percent design.
The design reached 60 percent design in June 2011, and is scheduled to reach 90 percent design by December 2011. The project is scheduled to reach 100 percent design, and complete the Final Design phase, in March 2012.
Final Environmental Impact Statement
The project's Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS):
- Identifies the light rail project’s preferred alternative and Final Section 4(f) Evaluation (which addresses a federal regulation protecting parks, historic resources and nature refuges)
- Describes the project’s commitments to mitigate adverse impacts
- Responds to all comments received on the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (May 2008)
Station Area Planning
In 2007 and 2008, Metro conducted analysis of proposed station areas along the Southeast Portland, Milwaukie and North Clackamas County portions of the alignment. Access the resulting report.
Design for station areas approved in the 2008 LPA advanced during the year-long Preliminary Engineering phase, which ended on March 31, 2010. Details of much of this preliminary planning and design work can be found in the project Conceptual Design Report.
Progress on station area planning continues in the current Final Design phase.
