The City of Springfield is proposing a package of changes to local adopted plans and development codes associated with the Main Street Facility Plan as the last stage in the planning phase of the Main Street Safety Project before moving onto the State to seek approval. The proposed changes include the following:

  • Adopt Main Street Facility Plan as a refinement of the Springfield Transportation System Plan (TSP) to have the policy framework and recommended safety upgrades on which to base compliance-related development requirements and seek implementation funding;
  • Amend Chapter 5 of the TSP to explain and reference the Main Street Facility Plan; and
  • Amend Springfield Development Code Section 4.2-100 to ensure consistency with and implement the Main Street Facility Plan.

The purpose of the proposed changes is to help make Main Street safer for people walking, biking, driving, and taking transit.

The City invites community members to provide feedback on the proposed changes. A public hearing will be held with Springfield Planning Commission at 7 p.m., Tuesday, February 15, 2022, in an online meeting via Zoom.

Go to springfieldoregonspeaks.org to review the proposed changes and provide written comments prior to the public hearing. If community members wish to make oral statements or provide verbal testimony it must be given at the public hearing.

 

Who: Residents, Springfield business and property owners

What: Public Hearing regarding Main Street Facility Plan as part of the last stage in the planning phase of the Main Street Safety Project

When:  7 p.m., Tuesday, February 15, 2022

Where: springfieldoregonspeaks.org under the Main Street Facility Plan agenda item for the February 15, 2022 Planning Commission meeting

Additional Information: Contact Molly Markarian, Senior Planner, at 541.726.4611 or email at mmarkarian@springfield-or.gov or the project page at mainstreetsafety.org

View Fact Sheets and additional information at mainstreetsafety.org

 

Project Purpose
Springfield’s Main Street is consistently ranked as one of the most unsafe city streets in Oregon based on the severity and frequency of traffic crashes. The Oregon Department of Transportation and the City must address this problem to save lives, reduce injuries, and lessen property damage due to crashes. The purpose of the Main Street Safety Project is to select infrastructure solutions that will make Main Street safer for people walking, biking, driving, and taking transit. The selected safety improvements will provide for the movement of goods and people, support the economic viability of the corridor, accommodate current bus service and future transit solutions, and complement traffic safety education and enforcement.