At 4 p.m. on March 13th, the Montavilla Station bar at 417 SE 80th Avenue will reopen after a repair and maintenance closure. The February 10th notice to customers indicated the business was undergoing deep cleaning and the repair of rotten floor sections. Subsequent posters placed around the neighborhood announced the “Grand Reopening” of the popular bar and entertainment venue on the 13th. For nearly two decades, people have visited the family-owned drinking establishment. However, its history as a central gathering point for Montavilla residents extends further back.
The century-old storefront opened in 1910 after a fire burned many buildings on the block. Early in its existence, Dickson Drugs operated from the space before that staple of Montavilla moved into the corner shop next door, currently home to Yaowarat restaurant. Dickson Drugs featured a soda fountain and served homemade ice cream to residents, ensuring it was a core meeting place. Decades later, a 1982 plumbing permit listed Rose Salvi as the owner of the building, and sometime after that, her daughter Rosalie Williams owned the property. In 2002, Rose Salvi’s son Raymond “Ray” Salvi and his wife Jean took over the property from Ray’s sister. Ray Salvi, longtime owner and president of Portland Disposal & Recycling, started working on a new business called Sassy Jack’s Pub around 2004. The business’s website lists the opening year as 2006, and around 2010, the owners renamed the location Montavilla Station. Raymond Salvi passed away on October 30th, 2018. His wife, Jean Salvi, still owns the building and bar.
Bar logo courtesy Montavilla Station
Montavilla Station adopted its branding from the streetcar line that once stopped in front of its door. Until the 1940s, passenger rail tracks ran up NE Glisan Street from downtown Portland, terminating on NE 91st Avenue near the Mount Hood Railway and Power Company station. That railway line opened in 1911, connecting Montavilla residents with the town of Bull Run. At NE 80th Avenue, the NE Glisan Montavilla streetcar followed a small spur track south until SE Stark Street. It stopped north of SE Stark Street and returned to the mainline on the same single-track along 80th. Segments of that rail line are still under the street.
Montavilla Station is open to people 21 or older from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily. Patrons can enjoy 14 beers on tap, a full bar, and an assortment of pub food items on the menu. Entertainment options include Karaoke on Wednesday and Thursday nights, pool tables, video lottery games, and shuffleboard.
Portland’s Safe Ride Home Program is back for the Saint Patrick’s Day weekend. This year, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) program supports discounted rides starting within Portland city limits at specific times on Friday through Monday nights, beginning March 14th. Partner ride-hailing services Uber and Lyft will accept provided coupon codes, saving riders $10 off each trip from 6 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. on the extended weekend celebration.
People taking a taxi from Kells Portland Irish Festival on the waterfront from March 14th through March 17th and Paddy’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival on March 17th can request a $20 cab coupon from event employees. This program to reduce impaired driving on holidays in Portland dates back to 2017. So far, PBOT estimates it has helped over 3,300 Portlanders celebrate responsibly and get home safely. Funds for this program come from part of the $0.76 charged for every Lyft and Uber ride in Portland, along with taxi permit fees.
People must visit PBOT’s Safe Ride Home Saint Patrick’s Day 2025 starting March 14th to download an Uber or Lyft coupon. Those are valid for rides starting in Portland city limits on Friday, March 14th, through Monday, March 17th, from 6 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. The program will cover the first two and a half hours of March 18th for those getting the most out of the Monday celebration. People should also consider taking TriMet and Portland Streetcar for sober transportation. Although they are collecting fares during the weekend, it offers an economically priced way for intoxicated revelers to get home safely and without risking potential harm to others. Additionally, Montavilla and most neighborhoods have bars and taverns within walking distance of a large number of residences, consider drinking local and getting in a healthy walk home after if you feel safe doing that.
Crews with Raimore Construction are creating a new paved sidewalk on the east side of SE 82nd Avenue north of SE Division Street. The work will replace mostly asphalt pedestrian walkways with standard city concrete sidewalks that better connect pedestrians to a pre-existing rectangular rapid-flashing beacon (RRFB) enhanced mid-block crossing. When completed, pedestrians will gain over 300 feet of accessible walkway with defined driveway access points.
This work is part of the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) Building a Better 82nd initiative and its 82nd Avenue Major Maintenance Project. Since the jurisdictional transfer of 82nd Avenue from the Oregon Department of Transportation to PBOT on June 1st, 2022, planners have worked to implement safety improvements and address deferred maintenance along the seven-mile stretch of roadway. This short section of sidewalk infill addresses one of many areas on the former State Highway where legacy infrastructure leaves people outside of cars more vulnerable to injury. The previous asphalt walkway created a fuzzy line between where the sidewalk starts and the parking lot ends. It also allowed driveway curb cuts to extend into the pedestrian zone wider than needed so drivers could turn into the business parking area in unpredictable spots. The sloped surface of the asphalt could become challenging for people who use assistive mobility devices and limited access.
82nd Avenue Major Maintenance Project Draft Design graphic courtesy PBOT
The sidewalk conditions directly to the north and south of this infill project are of varying conditions and widths but at least adhered to general sidewalk standards. The intersection of SE 82nd Avenue and Division Street is a frequently used transit corridor, and many people need to use the sidewalks in this area to connect or transfer from the TriMet 72 and FX 2 lines. This location is also directly across the street from Portland Community College’s Southeast campus, which has the potential to generate substantial foot traffic when students attend in-person classes.
Sidewalk work is underway in front of Taboo Video at 2330 SE 82nd Avenue. Work will continue south along the east side of SE 82nd Avenue. Drivers should anticipate curbside lane closures during the project and follow flagger directions to allow business access during construction. Pedestrians should use SE 82nd Avenue’s west sidewalk or follow the sidewalk detour around the worksite. Crews working for PBOT will install additional in-street extended median islands in the center turn lane at a future date.
Update March 25th, 2025: Crews continue adding new sidewalk working south towards the recently rebuild segment in front of Pacific Plaza.
Crews are nearing completion on the accessory dwelling unit (ADU) at 8358 NE Holladay Street Unit # B as other workers conclude framing work on the four townhouses next door. On January 22nd, Portlands Permitting & Development (PP&D) staff approved a Middle Housing Land Division (MHLD) application to create four distinct lots for the new two-story townhomes that will replace the garages that once served the single-family-home at the corner of NE 84th Avenue and Holladay Street.
This project took shape a year ago as developer Rees Bettinger looked to add housing to the corner lot while preserving the original 1940-era home. Work on the ADU progressed quickly, with crews completing much of the building’s exterior before cement masons poured the foundation of the four townhomes. With the MHLD approved, the site will offer future residents five properties with the rear townhome units accessible from a shared walkway to the east of the structure connecting with NE Holladay Street.
Floor Plan from LU 24-103864 MLDS
The townhomes each contain under 1,200 square feet of living space with similar floor plans. The main level’s open layout places the “L” shaped kitchen in the northwest corner near the rear sliding door that leads to a small patio space on the western side of the homes. A kitchen island has space for counter seating from the living room side and helps define the kitchen space from the rest of the main room. The southern walls support a pantry, a half-bath washroom, and an under-staircase storage area containing the water heater. The second floor has two standard-sized bedrooms with a full bathroom accessed from the hallway near a stacked laundry closet. An “owner’s” third bedroom features an ensuite bathroom and walk-in closet.
Draft rendering of townhouse building from side, subject to change. Courtesy Rees Bettinger
Crews are on pace to complete this project in the middle of 2025, with the listing for the original home with ADU potentially happening ahead of the townhome’s completion. Outside of landscaping, work should transition inside the structures within the coming months, and new residents could start living at this site before the end of the year.
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Last week, crews working with Portland Environmental Services (BES) closed NE 91st Avenue north of NE Glisan Street to construct underground stormwater management infrastructure. On March 10th, they will return to finish installing the sump and sedimentation systems before prepping the sidewalk for repaving.
BES and its contractors are constructing ten sump and sedimentation maintenance holes in various locations east of the Willamette River. The work consists of installing mainline pipes between the sump and sedimentation maintenance holes in addition to constructing new storm drains. BES manages 8,625 sumps and 6,352 connected sedimentation maintenance holes across Portland. The stormwater management infrastructure works in three primary stages. Storm drains collect rainwater from city streets and funnel it to a sedimentation maintenance hole, a sizable concrete cylinder installed under the road’s surface. Trash and other debris washed into the storm drain separate from the water, with heavy sediment sinking to the bottom and lighter items floating at the top. A pipe installed towards the middle of the sedimentation tank drains to another tank called a sump maintenance hole. That chamber is perforated and surrounded by crushed rock, allowing the rainwater to release into the surrounding soil. Storm drains and sedimentation tanks require intermittent cleaning to remove clogging garbage and pollutants.
Graphic courtesy BES
Construction work may require additional lane closures around the worksite, and drivers should use caution when traveling near crews and equipment. Pedestrians may need to find alternate paths or use provided detours. The work underway is mostly unseen when completed but substantially impacts stormwater management and keeps streets from flooding when it rains. Soon, crews will install sump and sedimentation maintenance holes at NE 111th Avenue and Schuyler Street. Area residents can expect additional work on SE 89th Avenue at Clay Street and NE Pacific Court near 102nd Avenue in the coming months.
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Broadway Cab recently relocated offices and its vehicle yard from NE Emerson Street to the former fueling center at 9270 NE Glisan Street. The site’s proximity to Portland International Airport, Interstates 205 and 84, and its size make it well suited to the transportation-oriented business’s needs.
The nearly century-old Portland cab company purchased the property and moved operations to the site on February 1st. The site previously served as a hub for B4 Transportation after the previous owners removed all refueling equipment from the property. Broadway Cab selected the Montavilla site after an exhaustive two-year search by its new General Manager, Roger Stelmach. The expanded space will assist the company’s regrowth efforts as the traditional taxi industry adjusts to a market upended by app-based ride-hailing services. “Before Uber and Lyft, there were eight cab companies in Portland, and now we’re down to four,” said Stelmach. Ownership brought him in to bolster the taxi company that once employed 400 drivers but had declined substantially in recent years. Stelmach estimates his efforts helped regrow the drive base by 20 to 25 percent. They now employ well over 100 cab operators and offer expanded services. Accessibility-equipped vehicles now account for a sizable segment of Broadway Cab’s fleet, allowing the company to provide medical transport with wheelchair-ramped vans and support people’s mobility needs beyond what other providers may accommodate.
Broadway Cab is actively seeking new drivers, and the company now allows drivers to keep their assigned vehicles at home so drivers no longer have to come to the main yard to start or end a shift. “The only cabs I have here on the property are cabs waiting to be picked up, new cabs for new drivers, or cabs that are being serviced. Drivers these days don’t drop by every morning and pick up the cab,” explained Stelmach. “That [change in procedure] was to compete with Uber and Lyft, and the drivers love it.” That modern taxi vehicle policy should also keep the new location from clogging during shift changes, lessening the impact on local traffic. Although, the facility is well designed for efficient vehicle access with dedicated entry and exit gates, explained Stelmach.
Crews refreshed the office building before Broadway Cab staff moved into the NE Glisan space. However, Roger Stelmach said that besides the office upgrades, the deep lot had most of what they needed, including a large storage yard and shop space for minor vehicle servicing. Most cab repair work happens offsite through the company’s longtime mechanic, Portland Auto Services, which is conveniently located on the same street at 7510 NE Glisan Street.
Eight people regularly work from this NE Glisan Street location, with daytime dispatchers working alongside administrative staff. The company offers 24-hour taxi dispatch anywhere in Portland via the 503-333-3333 phone number. Riders can also book online or use the Broadway Cab mobile phone app. The cab company intends to remove the decommissioned fueling apparatus at the front gates eventually and make other upgrades to their property as they make roots in the neighborhood.
Crews working with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will construct three curb ramps on SE Harrison Street between SE 76th and 75th Avenues. This week, crews painted street markings indicating the shape and placement of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant ramps on a route frequently used by pedestrians and cyclists accessing Mt. Tabor Park. This sidewalk corner reconstruction will complete accessible infrastructure work on this segment of SE Harrison Street started in 2023. However, paved sidewalks on this street are functionally non-existent west of SE 75th Avenue through the park.
The corner construction work will take place on two “T” intersections. For north-south traveling pedestrians on the west side of SE 76th Avenue, the newly reconstructed southwest corner ramp will align with the existing northwest extended sidewalk corner. This design encourages people wanting to cross SE 76th Avenue to use the high-visibility crosswalk that extends over the intersection’s northern crossing point. The southwest corner has an existing ramp but no longer complies with ADA standards.
Portland Maps aerial view of SE Harrison St, SE 76th Ave, and 75th Ave with MV News red circles indicating work areas
The SE Harrison Street crossing at SE 75th Avenue will add a southeast corner curb ramp and a mid-block ramp on the northern edge of the “T” intersection, aligning with the corner reconstruction work. This project area will create an ADA-compliant crossing to help users of wheeled mobility devices access the more consistent sidewalk infrastructure on SE Harrison Court to the south.
This work is part of Portland’s commitment to its residents who need accessible use of city infrastructure. PBOT must reconstruct a set number of non-ADA-compliant sidewalk corners yearly to meet a 2018 Curb Ramp Consent Decree requirement. Road work like this project requires long stretches of good weather, and crews tend to fit them between other work. People should expect to see work begin in the warmer months of 2025. During construction, sidewalk detours will be necessary, and drivers should use caution as crews work along the street’s edge.
Update: This page was updated to fix a broken link to Consent Decree information.
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To mark a decade of brewing, Montavilla Brew Works will host ten events celebrating its beer and the brewers behind the process. Melissa and Michael Kora opened Montavilla Brew Works at 7805 SE Stark Street on July 15th, 2015, and started using the annual celebration of that event to host a summertime gathering. Michael Kora saw this year as an opportunity to spread the events across their tenth year, giving people more opportunities to participate in the celebration.
The first of ten events already took place with the Valentine’s Day event that also commemorates the founding of Oregon on February 14th, 1859. Since 2021, Montavilla Brew Works has collaborated with the Heart Sticker Company to produce a West Coast IPA that celebrates living in Oregon and features the iconic green heart in the Oregon State outline. They start brewing the small batch in late January to have it ready for a February release party. There was still snow on the ground this year, but Kora was impressed with the number of people who made it out.
On March 8th, the next event taps into the SheBrew Beer Festival, celebrating women in the craft beer and cider industry on International Women’s Day. Montavilla Brew Works’ Cam Brown will release her batch using the Pink Boots Collaboration Brew Day hops blend. Kora explained that Brown has an affinity for beer as a home brewer and works at his brewhouse in several capacities. This annual event creates an opportunity for the male-dominated industry to make space for underrepresented people to show their skills and encourage more participation while creating tasty beers. “We’re pretty happy with it and it gives me a chance to give the reins to the ladies that work here that are really passionate about beer and want to learn more about it,” said Kora. He stepped aside and let Brown lead the process while helping translate the home brewer skills to a commercial production level. Cam Brown’s SheBrew beer is available on draft only, so people must try it at Montavilla Brew Works or a small selection of taprooms around town. The special batch will yield ten 15.5 gallon-1/2 barrel kegs, so people interested in tasing it should plan on attending the March 8th event for the best chance to experience it. “The idea was for it to stay as fresh as possible and sell as quickly as possible,” remarked Kora.
The following week, on March 15th, Montavilla Brew Works will release Mayor Millie’s Mexican lager in honor of neighborhood icon Millie The Wonder Dog. “We’ve got a little four-legged mayor of Montavilla that comes in here, a little Chiweenie (cross between the Chihuahua and Dachshund dog) named Millie,” explained Kora. “You’ve probably seen her around. Her owner walks her around all the restaurants and some of the bars. She’s just kind of like a mascot; she’s like an ambassador around here.” Montavilla Brew Works will host a launch party, and staff will welcome dogs on the patio. Mayor Millie’s Mexican lager will be available in a can featuring her image.”
Millie The Wonder Dog collaboration label
On April 4th, Montavilla Brew Works will release a collaboration with the Dungeons and Dragons-themed brewery on Hawthorne, TPK Brewing Co. The Export Lager is offered on draft only. Then, in mid-April, Montavilla Brew Works will hold another release party for a collaboration with 10 Barrel Brewing Company. Kora has a long history with 10 Barrel’s R&D Brewer, Danny Connors. “He used to be a Rogue and at Buckman Brewing, where the Green Dragon nano Brewers used to brew. Danny kept in contact, and when I started building this place, I asked him a million questions, and he and I got close,” recalled Kora. “He has moved around a bit since Rogue and then hired by 10 Barrel. He reached out to me [about a collaboration], which I thought was great. It gives us a chance to meet a much wider audience with our collaboration beer.” The modern style IPA will utilize terpenes to create a distinct cannabis-inspired aroma to the brew. Terpenes “are basically the compound responsible for giving plants their aroma and even their flavor,” said Kora. “Chemists will use different biosynthetic compounds and build those aromas in a laboratory to mimic the aromas of cannabis without it being THC because putting THC (the active ingredient in Cannabis) in beer is illegal.” Kora explained cannabis is a botanical cousin to the hops used in brewing, and “It’ll blend really well with the hops that we’re already going to use in that brew.” The combined flavor is also a tip of the hat to 10 Barrel Brewing’s ownership by Tilray Brands, which operates in the craft beer and cannabis industries. They are testing flavors before brewing and have created a palette of pineapple, raw fresh cannabis, and strawberry with other forward berry elements. “they really smell great together,” remarked Kora. The collaborators will make the yet-to-be-named beer available as draft only at Montavilla Brew Works and at 10 Barrel’s Portland pub with limited distribution through Maletis Beverage.
Melissa and Michael Kora touring the Daugherty Auto Service garage 2013 that became MBW. Photo courtesy Michael Kora
As the year progresses, Montavilla Brew Works will refresh its longtime collaboration with East Glisan Pizza Lounge and launch two summertime projects. One is with Nico’s Ice Cream Company; the other is a collaboration between Portland Brewers from Michigan. Michael Kora is from Michigan and discovered several other brewers with similar roots, including Assembly Brewing, Breakside Brewery, Oregon City Brewing, Ruse Brewing, and Upright Brewing. “I’ve been wanting to do this for a lot of years because there were even more Michigan brewers when we started, and some have since gone away or closed,” recalled Kora. “So the plan is to use Michigan-based raw materials like Michigan hops, Michigan malt, or fruit.” The Michigan collaboration may come together in time for the anniversary party date, but the timing could prove challenging. Heading into the fall, they will work on a Palantir German-style dark lager collaboration with Puff Coffee.
People can expect to hear about more collaborations and events as the year progresses, and they often celebrate the anniversary on a Saturday close to July 15th. Following Montavilla Brew Works’ social media is a good way to stay informed about specific dates and times for each event. Michael Kora hopes people will enjoy the variety of celebration dates and find time to join them in commemorating their decade. “Ten years is a big deal, you know, and I don’t want it to just be on one day,” said Kora. “We’re celebrating our friendship with people throughout the year.”
The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s (PBOT) design for bike lanes on SE Thorburn and Washington Streets will remove a lane of travel in each direction to add bike lanes while retaining much of the existing street parking on both sides of SE Washington Street for a critical two-block segment. The road striping plan will replace removed curbside parking on SE Washington with bike-lane-adjacent parking from SE 76th to 80th Avenues to create a protected buffer for the five-foot-wide curbside cyclist route. Driving lane reductions on SE Thorburn Street and parts of SE Gilham Avenue will create space for a painted bike lane on the northwest traveling side of the road and a raised concrete traffic separator-protected bike lane on the southeast traveling side with space for an on-pavement pedestrian track where missing sidewalks have previously challenged pedestrian access.
Updated graphic courtesy PBOT
Original graphic courtesy PBOT
On February 28th, PBOT updated the Jade and Montavilla Multimodal Improvements Project‘s website page to reflect the current designs that reduce the extent of previously indicated south-side street parking removal. The project will add over 20 marked parking spaces on SE Washington Street, replacing the southernmost travel lane. The recreated parking capacity offers slightly fewer spaces than the parking spaces removed. Still, it is a significant benefit for area businesses and residents living in housing on that street that do not have onsite parking options. Its design also offers cyclists a physical buffer between fast-moving downhill traffic. The project will likewise reconfigure SE Stark Street west of SE 76th Avenue. The existing bike lane will transition to replace curbside parking, making room for a short opposing direction bike lane that will take riders from SE 75th Avenue east to SE 76th Avenue, where a new traffic signal will help those cyclists turn south. At the new signal, the southernmost lane of SE Stark Street will transition into a left-turn-only lane, and the one remaining through lane will direct drivers onto SE Thorburn Street. Crews working with PBOT will reconstruct the southwest corner at the intersection to create a curb extension that will close the northbound pedestrian crossing. Instead, people will cross SE 76th Avenue to the east and SE Stark Street from the southeast corner.
SE Stark reconfiguration will convert left lane to turn only and add a short bi-directional bike lane at the right
SE Washington Street Bike lanes east of SE 80th Avenue will use a mix of concrete traffic separator-protected bike lane cycling infrastructure and shared bus-bike lanes up to SE 92nd Avenue. Striping plans show TriMet bus drivers will have a consistent bus lane from SE 80th Avenue past SE 90th Avenue, with motorists having right-turn-only access to that bus lane at intersections. PBOT will enhance the crossings of SE Washington and Stark Streets at SE 84th Avenue for north-south traveling pedestrians. The Stark crossing will receive a mid-road crossing refuge island similar in design to the island two blocks to the east at SE 86th Avenue. On SE Washington Street, new corners will offer Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant curb ramps, curb extensions on the north side will shorten the crossing distance, and high visitability crosswalks will signal drivers to yield for pedestrians.
SE Washington Street with MV News created illustrations showing approximate lane configuration (not to scale)
The Jade and Montavilla Multimodal Improvements Project also addresses underdeveloped infrastructure between SE Division Street and SE Powell Boulevard near SE 82nd Avenue. Together, the collection of enhancements costs $9,094,000 but should not impact general fund shortfalls expected in Portland’s budget for the next fiscal year, which starts in July. Money for these improvements comes from $3,200,000 in Federal funds, with an additional $4,900,000 from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocations. PBOT will source the remaining $994,000 from System Development Charges (SDCs) paid by developers. This work should significantly improve biking and pedestrian access through the center of Montavilla while better connecting the surrounding neighborhoods. PBOT expects construction to break ground in spring 2025.
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On February 25th, Thatchers Restaurant Lounge announced it had permanently lost access to the back parking lot on SE Washington Street after the lot owner installed chainlink construction fencing around the property. The decades-old bar and eating establishment at 7906 SE Stark Street used the parking lot across the ally for patron parking. The owner of the parking lot and house next door to it recently lost his tenant of 20 years, who operated ASAP Signs from the single-story building that shared the parking lot with Thatchers.
A representative for Thatchers said they knew the parking lot’s owner wanted to sell the home and lot together but were surprised to see the fence installed this week. “The fence being put up came as a surprise to us… It was sudden and unexpected,” wrote Thatchers’ manager Cody Palmer in a text conversation with MV News. The owner of the Limited Liability Company that controls the fenced properties was not immediately available to comment on his plans for the SE Washington Street lots.
The site’s vacancy began late last year when Steven Mills, owner of ASAP Signs, grew tired of “livability conditions” in Portland and decided to move closer to family in Arizona. He relocated his business in October 2024 but has retained some Portland clients as he offers nationwide shipping. Mills explained it was hard to leave the location because his rent barely increased over his time on SE Washington Street, and the property management was “hands off.” He intended to return to Portland to pack up his remaining signage at his former shop but could not travel ahead of the lease’s expiration. Consequentially, Mills asked the property owner to remove leftover items.
Thatchers Restaurant Lounge customers will have to use other parking options, including street spaces on SE Stark Street or SE Washington Street. However, future bike lanes will remove some parking spaces on SE Washington later this year. Thatchers assured patrons through social media posts that they remain open for business and plan to stay in their Montavilla location.
Update: On February 28th, PBOT updated the Jade and Montavilla Multimodal Improvements Project‘s website page to reflect the current designs that reduce the extent of previously indicated south-side street parking removal for bike lane creation. The project will add over 20 marked parking spaces on SE Washington Street from SE 76th to 80th Avenues, replacing the southernmost travel lane. The recreated parking capacity offers slightly fewer spaces than the parking spaces removed. Still, it is a significant benefit for area businesses and residents living in housing on that street that do not have onsite parking options.
