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Tonquin Trail master plan
Planning and conservation › Natural areas, parks and trails › Regional trails and greenways › Tonquin Trail master plan
The future Tonquin Trail will offer bicyclists and pedestrians safe, new connections between Wilsonville, Sherwood and Tualatin.
You have a stake in the Tonquin Trail master plan
Imagine a bicycle outing with family or friends that begins at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, follows Cedar Creek through Sherwood and brings you to Metro's 250-acre Graham Oaks Nature Park in Wilsonville (opening September 2010). Leaving your bike at the trailhead you take a leisurely hike through the restored Oregon white oak woodland where you can glimpse Mount Hood and hear the cry of red-tailed hawks nesting in the park's conifer forest.
This is one of many adventures promised by the future Tonquin Trail, a multi-use regional trail that will connect natural areas, neighborhoods, schools, jobs, shopping centers and transit stops between Sherwood, Tualatin and Wilsonville.
Community members learn about the Tonquin Trail master plan at December open houses
Despite record cold weather, approximately 100 interested neighbors, families with children, and trail users attended open houses in Sherwood, Tualatin and Wilsonville to learn about the Tonquin Trail and share thoughts about the proposed trail segments. While children created pictures of what the future trail might look like, their parents and other guests viewed a slideshow and other presentation materials about the project. Metro staff, project partners and volunteers from the project's steering committee were on hand to welcome attendees, share information about the project and collect feedback.
Virtual open house
The materials from the open houses are available online.
Feedback from open house discussions and questionnaires will inform the project work and will be entered into the project's public record.
The 18-month master planning process is being led by Metro in partnership with the cities of Wilsonville, Sherwood and Tualatin, along with Washington and Clackamas counties. Throughout the process, Metro and project partners will gather community and stakeholders' input and consider environmental and land use information to determine the preferred trail alignment.
The Tonquin Trail master plan will build on a feasibility study completed in 2004.The study examined existing conditions in the area and identified, evaluated and ranked potential trail segments to consider for the trail.
The trail will be built in phases. Funding to purchase the trail corridor was approved by voters in Metro's 2006 natural areas bond measure. A few segments of the trail have already been constructed or have been planned by local jurisdictions. A portion of the trail has been constructed through the Villebois area in Wilsonville and over the Tualatin River in Tualatin. More of the trail will be built next year as part of Metro's new Graham Oaks Nature Park. As funding becomes available, other trail segments will be built.
More about the Natural Areas Program
More about Graham Oaks Nature Park
Tonquin Trail master plan steering committee
A project steering committee made up of representatives from the participating jurisdictions, project partners, residents and technical advisors will help shape the master plan. The committee will review project information and make recommendations on the trail alignment, design, funding and phasing. Committee members will also serve as project liaisons representing the interests and perspectives of their respective organizations and constituents.
Steering committee members
- Hal Ballard, Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition
- Ron Kroop, District Maintenance Engineer, Oregon Department of Transportation
- Connie Ledbetter, Citizen Representative, City of Tualatin
- Al Levit, Citizen Representative, City of Wilsonville
- Lori Mastrantonio, Senior Planner, Clackamas County
- Michelle Miller, Associate Planner, City of Sherwood
- Chris Neamtzu, Long Range Planning Manager, City of Wilsonville
- Damon Reische, Clean Water Services
- Brian Stecher, Citizen Representative, City of Sherwood
- Carl Switzer, Parks and Recreation Coordinator, City of Tualatin
- Aisha Willits, Senior Planner, Washington County
Tonquin Trail maps and project information
The materials are organized the same way as they appear at the open houses. Feel free to focus only on those things that interest you the most or to review all the materials.
- Open house presentation
- Tonquin Trail project segment maps
download the documents
Related Documents
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Files that are downloadable from this page
- Tonquin Trail master plan open house presentation 4.7M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment 1 map: Willamette River to Villebois (Wilsonville) 3.1M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment 2 map: Villebois (Wilsonville) to Northern Wilsonville 2.8M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment 3 map: Northern Wilsonville to Southern Tualatin and Southern Sherwood 2.9M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment 4 map: Southern Sherwood to Northern Sherwood 3.1M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment 5 map: Northern Sherwood to Tualatin River 2.8M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment 6 map: Southern Tualatin to Central Tualatin 3.1M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment 7 map: Central Tualatin to Tualatin River 3.1M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Segment key map 373K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 7, 2009
- Tonquin Trail master plan map 1.7M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published October 30, 2009
- Tonquin Trail master plan open house stations 382K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published December 8, 2009
- Summary of December 2009 open houses and online questionnaire 111K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published January 29, 2010
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