After more than a year, Boeckman Road is ready to reopen for traffic on the newly constructed bridge.
The first pedestrians were able to cross the Boeckman bridge during a ribbon cutting was held Tuesday, May 20, and it will open to vehicle traffic at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21. During the event, the South Metro Area Regional Transit service also unveiled its new battery-electric trolley which carried passengers across the bridge.
During his speech, SMART Director Dwight Brashear said the agency believes it may be the first battery-electric trolley in Oregon. Other guest speakers, including Mayor Shawn O’Neil and West Linn-Wilsonville School District Superintendent Kathy Ludwig, discussed the community benefits of the bridge project…