17 вересня 2026 р. · RES 26-5626
Resolution No. 26-5626
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Metro adds money for two state road projects in Beaverton, Hillsboro and OR224
This updates the region's list of federally funded transportation projects so two Oregon Department of Transportation projects can move ahead. One adds curb ramps that meet disability access rules on OR8 in Beaverton and Hillsboro, and now also rebuilds sidewalk railroad crossings at SW 198th Ave. and SW 205th Ave. The other adds a construction phase to repave OR224 between SE 37th Ave and SE Rusk Road to fix cracks and ruts.
Decision: Passed. Approved by the Metro Council on September 17, 2026, as part of its consent agenda (a group of items approved together without discussion).
Who it affects: People who walk, use wheelchairs or drive on OR8 in Beaverton and Hillsboro and on OR224 near SE 37th Ave and SE Rusk Road.
Money: The OR8 curb ramp project grows from $4,267,000 to $7,967,000, adding $1,600,000 in state highway bonds, $1,884,330 in federal rail crossing safety funds and $215,670 in state matching funds. The OR224 repaving project grows from $1,600,000 to $10,000,000 to pay for construction in federal fiscal year 2027. No impact on Metro's own budget.
Next: The changes go to the Oregon Department of Transportation and U.S. Department of Transportation in September 2026, with final federal approval expected in November 2026.
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BEFORE THE METRO COUNCIL
FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING TWO
PROJECTS IN THE 2024-27 MTIP TO
MEET FEDERAL PROJECT DELIVERY
REQUIREMENTS
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RESOLUTION NO. 26-5626
Introduced by: Chief Operating
Officer Marissa Madrigal with
concurrence of Council President Juan
Carlos González
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP)
prioritizes projects from the Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) to receive transportation-
related funding; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) requires federal funding
for transportation projects located in a metropolitan area to be programmed in an MTIP;
and
WHEREAS, in July 2023, the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation
(JPACT) and the Metro Council approved Resolution No. 23-5335 to adopt the 2024-27
MTIP; and
WHEREAS, the 2024-27 MTIP includes Metro approved RTP and federal
performance-based programming requirements and demonstrates compliance and further
progress towards achieving the RTP and federal performance targets; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the USDOT MTIP amendment submission rules, JPACT and
the Metro Council must approve any subsequent amendments to the MTIP to add new
projects or substantially modify existing projects; and
WHEREAS, the formal amendment amends the OR8 curb ramps (Beaverton &
Hillsboro) project to change the project description and increase the Construction phase
with an additional $1,600,000 of Grant Anticipation Revenue Vehicles (GARVEE) Bonds,
$1,884,330 of Railway-Highway Crossing Hazard Elimination funds and $215,670 in state
matching funds in FFY 2027; and
WHEREAS, the formal amendment amends the OR224: SE 37th Ave to SE Rusk Road
project to add a Construction phase with $7,537,320 of Surface Transportation Block Grant
(STBG) Flex funds and a state match of $862,680 in FFY 2027; and
WHEREAS, the programming updates to the project are stated in Exhibit A to this
resolution; and
WHEREAS, on July 10, 2026, Metro’s Transportation Policy and Alternatives
Committee recommended that JPACT approve this resolution; and
WHEREAS, on August 23, 2026, Metro completed a 30-day public comment period,
as summarized in Exhibit B to this resolution; and
WHEREAS, on September 17, 2026, JPACT approved and recommended that the
Metro Council adopt this resolution; now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED that the Metro Council adopts this resolution to amend two
projects, as stated within Exhibit A, to the 2024-27 Metropolitan Transportation
Improvement Program to meet federal project delivery requirements.
ADOPTED by the Metro Council this 17th day of September 2026.
Juan Carlos González, Council President
Approved as to Form:
Carrie MacLaren, Metro Attorney
