Neighbors and community members are invited to learn about upcoming sidewalk and roadway safety improvements for Northeast Hazel Dell Avenue. Northeast Hazel Dell Avenue is a two-lane urban arterial roadway used by up to 800 vehicles per hour. In sections where sidewalks are missing pedestrians must walk on rough, uneven terrain on the narrow roadway shoulder. Schools and public transit facilities in the area create high volumes of pedestrian traffic. Missing sidewalks in an area with high volumes of vehicle and pedestrian traffic creates significant safety concerns for all users.

Clark County Public Works is replacing two sets of damaged school zone flashing beacons: one set at Northeast 99th Street at the school zone for Gaiser Middle, and one set at Northeast Hazel Dell Avenue for Sacajawea Elementary. Crews are scheduled to install new flashing beacons the week of Feb. 14.

Neighbors and community members are invited to learn about upcoming construction of an 18-hole disc golf course at Hockinson Meadows Community Park.

Beginning Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, City Electric Co. of La Center will begin work to install SynchroGreen adaptive modules on the Northeast Tenny Road/Northeast 134th Street/Northeast 139th Street corridor. These modules will maximize the use of roadway capacity, decreasing driver fuel consumption and reducing idle times. The project is the fourth SynchroGreen adaptive signal installation in the Clark County traffic signal network. Gridsmart video systems will also be installed, at key intersections along the corridor, to collect data used to make transportation safer for all road users.

Clark County is accepting applications to fill a vacancy on the seven-member Parks Advisory Board for term that begins April 1, 2022.

Board members serve three-year terms. Upon expiration of a term, a member can apply again. There is no limit on how many terms a member can serve.

Neighbors and community members are invited to learn about design activities associated with the reconstruction of the intersections of Northeast 29th Avenue and Northeast 50th Avenue with Northeast 179th Street, at an upcoming open house. This area is anticipated to experience significant growth over the next 20 years. Upgrades to the intersections will accommodate future traffic volumes while maintaining safety and mobility.

The Clark County Council is seeking applicants to fill up to six seats on a fifteen-person board that advises the county on matters related to the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad.

Board members serve three-year terms. All open terms begin immediately.

Neighbors and community members are invited to learn about the Heritage Farm Wetland Restoration project. This project will restore five acres of wetlands and establish two acres of riparian buffer along a channelized section of Cougar Creek’s headwaters on Clark County’s 78th Street Heritage Farm property. The project will also include creating about one acre of wetland, replace a storm sewer pipe under access roads, and resurface the farm’s gravel driveways.

Vancouver, Wash. – Neighbors and community members are invited to learn about plans for the Northeast 99th Street corridor. This project will connect Northeast 99th Street between NE 94th Avenue and NE 105th Avenue, at the north end of the closed Leichner Landfill. The project also includes improvements such as widening the roadway and adding shared-use paths, sidewalks and bicycle lanes.

Vancouver, Wash. – Recent heavy rains are impacting communities around the state, with minor impacts occurring in Clark County. Clark County Public Works has been responding to calls as they come in, addressing issues of standing water and downed tree limbs on county roads and in county parks. Crews are also prepared to assist neighboring communities, including Skamania County, if needed.

Residents can check for weather-related traffic impacts at clark.wa.gov/public-works. Additionally, several park properties have been impacted. Current impacts include: