Survey: Tigard residents prefer widening 99W to adding MAX

Nearly eight out of 10 residents said they were satisfied with

By Geoff Pursinger

The Times, Nov 27, 2009 (1 Reader comment)

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If Tigard residents had their druthers, they’d rather widen Pacific Highway than add a TriMet MAX line to the area.

At least, that’s what a new survey commissioned by the city of Tigard seems to show.

The findings are part of the city’s Community Attitudes Survey, which the city commissions every two years in order to gauge how residents feel about their neighborhoods and their city.

Of the 400 Tigard residents interviewed, 34 percent would prefer seeing Highway 99W widened to seven lanes, in order to improve congestion within the city, and 20 percent would like to see a TriMet light rail system come to the city.

“Of course, that’s without any price tag attached,” said Kelly Middendorff, vice president of project management for Moore Information, who conducted the survey. “If we were to poll again and attach how much these projects might cost, that might alter their answers a bit.”

This was the first year that questions about congestion and traffic improvements have been placed on the survey.

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