New bicycle wayfinder signs are beginning to appear throughout the neighborhood. These signs, similar to the ones used in Portland, help guide cyclists to the best route for a destination.  The sign also includes distance and estimated riding time based on average 10 mph speed.

The signage in the photograph is at S.E. Balfour Street and S.E. 29th Ave. Other wayfinder signs may soon appear on other neighborhood streets such as S.E. 42nd Ave. and S.E. Johnson Creek Blvd.

Dec. 29, 2009, 4:33 p.m. — Milwaukie Public Works Department says crews are heading out to plow the streets.  In Ardenwald, S.E. 32nd Ave., S.E. Johnson Creek Blvd., and S.E. 42nd Ave. are snowplow routes.  If you have a car parked on the streets designated a snowplow route, you may want to move it off the street to prevent damages from the snow plowing.  Residential side streets are not plowed. See Snowplow Routes (Milwaukie).

If the snow dumps this winter, the City of Milwaukie crews will be out snowplowing certain streets, keeping them safe and passable.

Crews will remove snow only from primary arterials and collector streets (see map of designated snowplow routes (PDF, 496 kb), because of limited resources and staffing levels.

In Ardenwald-Johnson Creek, streets on snowplow routes are:

• S.E. 32nd Avenue
• S.E. Johnson Creek Boulevard
• S.E. 42nd Avenue (between S.E. JCB and S.E. Howe Street only)
• S.E. Tacoma Street (maintained by City of Portland).

Residents parking on the street along the designated snowplow routes are asked to park their vehicles off the street to avoid damages from the plowing.

Property owners in both Portland and Milwaukie are responsible for removing the snow piling up at driveway entrances and on sidewalks from the plowing.

Crews will also apply sand to streets or intersections located on hills, including selected smaller residential streets within the neighborhood.

Milwaukie residents with questions can contact the Milwaukie Public Works Department at (503) 786-7600.

Portland residents, contact the Portland Office of Transportation at (503) 823-5185.

If you live within Milwaukie city limits…

Milwaukie’s FREE Leaf Drop is available to residents in City of Milwaukie. Residents will be asked to provide proof of residency such as a utility (water and sewer) bill.

Remember, it is a violation of Milwaukie Code to dispose leaves into the street.

The drop location is at Milwaukie’s Johnson Creek Facility, 6101 SE Johnson Creek Blvd. The hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on the dates listed below.   For more information, call (503) 786-7615.

• November 7, 2009
• November 14, 2009
• November 21, 2009
• November 28, 2009
• December 5, 2009
• December 12, 2009

More information for Milwaukie Residents…

If you live within Portland city limits…

Portland leaf drops are available this fall, however, the program is not free.  The nearest leaf drop for Portland is at Westmoreland Park at S.E. 22nd and S.E. Nehalem, in parking lot next to the baseball field.

Cost is $5 per car load; $10 for pick-up truck, SUV or trailer load; $20 for truck and trailer load. Commercial loads will not be accepted.

Drop times for the dates listed below will be from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• November 14, 2009
• November 21, 2009
• December 5, 2009

More information for Portland residents…

SE 43rd Ave. between SE Johnson Creek Blvd. and SE Roswell St. will be closed to motor vehicles on Sat. Oct. 31, 2009, from 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. for an event at the Davis Graveyard.

Traffic will detour using SE 42nd Ave.

Motor vehicle access will be restricted to residents residing on the closed street and emergency vehicles.

See map below. Note: blue is the detour route.

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ColumbiaCare Services has invited the Ardenwald-Johnson Creek Neighborhood to attend an open house at the Johnson Creek Secure Residential Treatment Facility on Thursday, October 8th, from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at 2808 SE Balfour Street in Milwaukie.

The open house provides an opportunity for neighborhood residents to meet with ColumbiaCare Service’s staff, learn more about the program and tour the facility.

ColumbiaCare Services anticipates the opening date on October 12, 2009.

More information: Open House Flyer

The SE Harrison St. railroad crossing between SE 32nd Ave. and Ore. 224 on the southwest  end of Ardenwald-Johnson Creek NDA, will be closed from Saturday, September 26th to Monday, September 28th.

Union Pacific Railroad will be reconstructing the crossing.

SE Harrison St. will be open for access to local businesses, but motor, bicycle and pedestrian traffic will not be allowed to cross the tracks.

The SE Oak St. railroad crossing, which is a few blocks away, will be open.

TriMet buses will also be affected. Visit Trimet’s website  for service advisory.