Park and Portland safety improvements

Hennepin County is planning to make safety improvements on Park Avenue (County Road 33) and Portland Avenue (County Road 35) between Interstate 94 and 46th Street West (County Road 46). Construction is scheduled to begin in 2027.

Project information and updates

About the project area

Hennepin County is planning to make safety improvements on Park and Portland Avenues (County Roads 33 and 35) between I-94 and 46th Street (County Road 46). Construction is anticipated to begin in 2027.
 
Park and Portland are a pair of one-way roads with buffered bike lanes that run from downtown through south Minneapolis. This safety project will:

• Provide enhanced crossing opportunities for people walking, rolling and biking
• Create safe, comfortable and convenient places for people biking
• Implement design elements to calm vehicle travel speeds

Project one pagers

• One-pager – English (PDF, 1MB)
• One-pager – Somali (PDF, 1MB)
• One-pager – Spanish (PDF, 1MB)

View the project layout and typical section

• Project layout - Park and Portland avenues (PDF, 20MB)

Interim safety improvements

• To learn about interim improvements in 2025, visit the BeHeard Hennepin page.

Community involvement

Ways to engage

We value your input to inform the development of the new design for Park and Portland avenues. The project team has hosted a range of engagement events at which we have collected your feedback on current conditions in the project area.

Your feedback provided the project team with insights on which roadway elements could be used to achieve project goals. Along with your feedback, we used city and county policies and plans, and technical information to create a proposed draft design concept for the corridor. You can view the current project layout on our BeHeard Hennepin engagement page.

Engagement summaries

February - May 2025

• Engagement summary 2025 – English (PDF, 1MB)
• Engagement summary 2025 – Somali (PDF, 1MB)
• Engagement summary 2025 – Spanish (PDF, 1MB)

August - November 2024

• Engagement summary 2024 – English (PDF, 1MB)
• Engagement summary 2024 – Somali (PDF, 1MB)
• Engagement summary 2024 – Spanish (PDF, 1MB)

Past engagement

The project team has been at the following engagement events talking to community members about the project:

2025

• Public open house at American Swedish Institute on June 26
  •  Open house boards (PDF, 19MB)
• Phelps Field Park on May 12
• Green Central Elementary School Spring Festival on May 9
• FRNNG’s Minnehaha Creek Duck Race on May 3
• Midtown Greenway Coalition at Venture Bikes on April 26
• Metro Transit stop (near Tacos El Kevin) on April 16
• Ebenezer Park Apartments on April 1
• Public open house at Park Avenue Methodist Church on February 13
  • Open house presentation – English (PDF, 9MB)
  • Open house presentation – Somali (PDF, 9MB)
  • Open house presentation – Spanish (PDF, 9MB)
  • Updated design concept (PDF, 21MB)
  • Open house summary – English (PDF, 1MB)
  • Open house summary – Somali (PDF, 1MB)
  • Open house summary – Spanish (PDF, 1MB)

2024

• Peavey Park Field on October 1
• Sabathani Community Center Fall Health Fair on October 5
• American Swedish Institute Makers Night on October 10 
• Midtown Global Market Community Resource event on October 11 
• Seward Friendship Co-Op on October 23
• Public open house at the American Swedish Institute on November 19

Interim safety improvements in 2025

Hennepin County is planning to make safety enhancements on Park and Portland avenues (County roads 33 and 35) in 2027. However, based on community input and crash data, interim safety enhancements will be installed this fall at three intersections on Park and Portland avenues similar to the current project layout.

• Portland Avenue and 25th Street
• Park Avenue and 25th Street
• Park Avenue and 33rd Street

These interim modifications may inform future corridor design. Additional intersections may also be considered for interim safety enhancements in the future.

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