OR 22 (W) Expressway Management Plan

Plan Purpose

"This report documents the results of the transportation facility planning process conducted by the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) for the western segment of OR 22 east from the Derry Overcrossing (MP 16.94) to Doaks Ferry Road (MP 22.04). OR 22 is State Highway No. 30, the Willamina-Salem Highway. The vicinity of the study area is shown in Figure 1-1. For purposes of identifying solutions, the section of highway and future land use between Doaks Ferry Road and College Drive (MP 23.67) were considered. The intersection of OR 22 and OR 51 (MP 20.37) was also included in the expressway planning process.

Facility plans, such as this expressway management plan (EMP), can serve a variety of purposes. In some cases, a facility plan is developed to address an outstanding planning issue or narrow the alternatives that are then advanced into the environmental documentation process required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). In other cases, a facility plan process may either constitute the first phase of the formal NEPA process or the development process for a non-NEPA project.

The purpose of the OR 22 (W) Expressway Management Plan (Derry Overcrossing to Doaks
Ferry Road) was to assess traffic and safety problems within the study area and identify potential solutions to these problems. This effort was a technical exercise to evaluate and screen alternatives prior to conducting project development. The operational feasibility of alternative solutions to identified problems through the year 2030 was the focus of this effort, which was started in 2000 then halted in 2004 prior to completion due to lack of funding by ODOT.

The conclusions in this document have provided direction to the project development process by defining the key features of the alternatives that have been identified for construction at problem locations along the OR 22 study area, including the intersection with OR 51 (Independence Highway No. 193) and local interest road intersections. This report also provides a basis for ODOT to work with Polk County to amend its Comprehensive Plan, Transportation Systems Plan (TSP), and Zoning Ordinance as well as the Regional Transportation System Plan (RTSP) of the metropolitan planning organization, SKATS (Salem Keizer Area Transportation Study). These amendments will acknowledge the project development decisions that have been made and the short-, medium-, and long-term facility management approach (including Polk County land use decisions) that will be implemented to help protect the function of these improvements through the 20-year planning horizon.

The construction projects recommended by this facility plan are expected to be included in the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) after adoption by the Oregon
Transportation Commission (OTC) and when funding for full development and construction of such projects has been secured."

The Polk County Planning Division provides the OR 22 (W) Expressway Management Plan for your reference and convenience. Documents are provided in Portable Document Format (.pdf). PDF versions can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you don't already have Acrobat installed on your system, you may download the Adobe Acrobat Reader, which acts as a "plug-in" for your web browser, for free. Publications in Portable Document Format may be viewed, searched and printed out to look exactly like the original.