Sunrise Corridor Community Visioning

• Continually align development and design standards with modern industrial facilities
• Match development opportunity to mixed-use, economic development, and access goals
• Attract, retain, and cultivate firms in key sectors
• Build partnerships between industry and higher education to bolster the STEM workforce pipeline

• Retain residential and small business uses
• Safe and accessible parking design
• Continue compatible land use patterns
• Neighborhood art

• Connect and protect open spaces and natural areas
• Monitor environmental quality
• Reduce heat island effect
• Create and connect new multiuse and nature trails
• Enhance river access points and parks

• Implement Sunrise Gateway Corridor Refinement Plan
• Enhance SE 82nd Drive Corridor
• Complete I-205 multiuse path gap plan
• Provide sidewalk infill, bicycle network, and transit connections
• Enhance freight access and parking
• Enhance transit passenger facilities
• Expand Clackamas County Connects Industrial Shuttle
• Support enhanced fixed route service

For decades, planning efforts for this area focused on transportation. In 2021, the Board of County Commissioners prioritized taking a broader look at the area to define a shared community vision with clear actions that guide future infrastructure and investment to support a thriving future for all. The project is leading with equitable community engagement and examining land use, jobs and the economy, community and environmental health, as well as transportation.

In 2021, the legislature approved HB 5006 which included funding for the Sunrise Corridor Community Visioning Plan. The effort includes federal, state, and local funds. 

Clackamas County is leading the visioning effort. Agency partners are the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), Metro, and City of Happy Valley. 

The project vision and goals were drafted with input from the community through an extensive public outreach process, including open houses, surveys, focus groups and other outreach, and review and input by the Technical Advisory Committee, Steering Committee and Leadership Cohort. The vision and goals were formally adopted by the Steering Committee in June 2024 and are being used to frame the ideas and actions that will be included in the final Vision Plan. 

In January 2025, elements of the draft vision, goals and actions will be shared at a community open house and online along with updates to the Sunrise Gateway Corridor Refinement Plan. 

After review by the public, the Technical Advisory Committee, the Steering Committee and the Leadership Cohort in early 2025, the final document will be prepared to present to the Board of County Commissioners in spring 2025. 

The highways in the area – OR 212 and OR 224 – have been the focus of many efforts over the years to plan and construct an expanded roadway, often referred to as the Sunrise Corridor. Planning for infrastructure improvements to the Sunrise Corridor began in the 1980s and has continued on and off ever since. The “Sunrise Phase 1” opened in 2016, extending from I-205 and ending at an interim connection at OR 212 and SE 122nd Ave. There have also been other studies that covered all or a portion of the Sunrise Corridor area. The Sunrise Gateway Corridor Refinement Plan will update that past work, with maps showing transportation improvements from SE 122nd Avenue to SE 172nd Avenue, the next phase of the Sunrise Corridor. It will be part of the Vision Plan.

The Sunrise Gateway Corridor Refinement Plan will show more details on plans for regional and local transportation improvements along the Sunrise/OR 212 corridor from SE 122nd Avenue to SE 172nd Avenue, including new interchanges, connections across OR 212/224, and a future new roadway – an extension of the Sunrise Phase 1 that opened in 2016 and ends at an interim intersection at OR 212 and SE 122nd Avenue. The plan also includes 15 miles of sidewalks, bike lanes, and multi-use path. A link will be provided on the webpage when the draft plan is ready in early 2025. It will be part of the Vision Plan.

For each action, partner agencies would work with the community to oversee moving forward and identifying potential funding sources, including public or private grants at the local, regional, state and federal levels. A lead agency would likely need other partners to support seeking funding and assistance to support or review progress. For example, ODOT has the lead role on projects related to OR 212 and the Sunrise Gateway Corridor Refinement Plan. The county could take the lead on local transportation, such as projects on SE Jennifer or 82nd Drive; the county and city would take the lead on land use for property in their jurisdiction.