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Tsunami Crew leader Chris Runyard, above right, points out the location of several 200-year-old oak trees he fears could be cut down if the Sunnybrook Extension is approved through the Three Creeks Natural Area.
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Despite protests from the city of Milwaukie and numerous residents, the Sunnybrook Road extension from 82nd Avenue to Harmony Road has been included in the Regional Transportation Plan, which outlines the metro area’s transportation priorities through 2035.
Projects must be on what is known as a “financially constrained list” in order to receive any allocation of federal dollars, such as revenue from gas taxes. The Sunnybrook extension was included as part of that project list in the plan’s appendix, meaning it is one of a number of projects that could receive funding
But before the project moves forward, county chairwoman Lynn Peterson said it would have to go through a couple of work sessions at the board of county commissioners and have public hearings before they allocate money for it as the county’s urban renewal board
The Sunnybrook extension is the last project in the Clackamas Regional Center plan developed more than 20 years ago. It also falls within the Clackamas Town Center Urban Renewal area, allowing the county to use urban renewal dolars generated by the mall to help pay for the road. The Town Center urban renewal area was established in 1980, and the plan was amended in 2005 to include the Sunnybrook extension.
The extension would cut from 82nd Avenue and Sunnybrook Road up to Harmony and Fuller roads, running on top of the bluff and behind the Aquatic Center and Clackamas Community College satellite campus.
The city of Happy Valley sent a letter of support for the plan to Metro, as did Clackamas Community College.
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