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THE PORTLAND PLAN
Healthy Connected City

Element 3

Connections for people, places,
water and wildlife

Habitat connection

Guiding Policies
Plan, fund and manage green
infrastructure as part of the City’s
H-26 capital systems.
Build on Portland’s green street,
sidewalk and bikeway efforts
H-27 to create a citywide greenway
network of trails and pedestrian
and bike-friendly green streets.
Locate neighborhood greenways
to serve currently underserved
communities, improve accessibility,
and make connections to the central
city, neighborhood hubs, major
employment and cultural centers,
schools and universities, community
centers, parks, natural areas and the
Willamette and Columbia Rivers.
Design neighborhood greenways
and civic corridors to integrate
H- 28 safe and accessible facilities for
pedestrians and cyclists, sustainable
stormwater facilities, tree planting
and community amenities.

Neighborhood greenways

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