Project update
Hennepin County is making safety improvements to Park and Portland avenues (County roads 33 and 35) between Interstate 94 and 46th Street East (County Road 46). The project aims to:
- Provide enhanced crossing opportunities for people walking, rolling and biking.
- Create safe, comfortable and convenient places for people biking.
- Implement design elements to calm vehicle travel speeds
The county values input from the public to inform the development of the new design for Park and Portland avenues. The project team has hosted a range of engagement events so far, including 11 neighborhood meetings, seven pop-up events and two public meetings. Through these events, we have collected your feedback on current conditions in the project area.
Park and Portland listening session with Commissioner Conley
Greenway Glow Ride, Summer 2024Your feedback provided the project team with insights on which roadway elements could be used to achieve project goals. To improve safety, we assessed design options to increase visibility of people crossing intersections, protect people on bicycles from vehicle traffic and calm vehicle speeds. We aim to achieve these improvements while also minimizing impacts to on-street parking as well as adding more lighting and greening to the project area.
Along with your feedback, we used city and county policies and plans, and technical information to create a draft design concept for the corridor. You can view the draft design concept here.
We’ll collect feedback on the draft design concept throughout the spring of 2025. Then, we’ll use that feedback to create a final design that we’ll bring back to the public in late summer 2025.
