January 15, 2007

TriMet holds open houses

Events highlight I-205 Light Rail Project

TriMet will host a series of open houses to highlight the I-205 Light Rail Project. The project will add 6.5-miles of track and eight stations between the Gateway Transit Center and Clackamas Town Center. Light rail construction begins in late February and when complete, the line will connect Clackamas Town Center with downtown Portland and Portland State University.

Learn more about I-205 Light Rail Project:

• Construction
• Station area designs, including landscaping and art
• Plans to minimize construction impacts on businesses, residents and users of the multi-use path

Open Houses:

Tuesday, Jan. 23

Co-hosted by the Lents Neighborhood Association
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
SE 89th & Woodstock Blvd. 4-8 p.m. Bus lines 10-Harold and 14-Hawthorne

Saturday, Jan. 27

Mall 205
SE 99th & Washington St.
1-3 p.m.
Bus lines 15-Belmont and 27-Market/Main

Saturday, Feb. 3

Clackamas Town Center - adjacent to Nordstrom
SE Sunnyside Rd. and 82nd Ave.
1-3 p.m.
Clackamas Town Center is served by 12 bus lines

I-205/Portland Mall MAX Light Rail Project:

The 8.3-mile I-205/Portland Mall MAX light rail project is TriMet’s fifth rail extension. It will add light rail between Gateway Transit Center and Clackamas Town Center, and on 5th and 6th avenues between Union Station and PSU. When it opens in September 2009, it will be the first light rail extension into Clackamas County, help revitalize the Portland Mall, serve the heart of downtown Portland to PSU and poise the region for future MAX extensions.

The I-205/Portland Mall project is a partnership between the city of Portland, Metro, TriMet, Clackamas County and the Oregon Department of Transportation.