Washington County is looking at four possible options for $12 million in improvements along Tualatin-Sherwood Road from Borchers Drive to Langer Farms Parkway.

On July 11, the city of Sherwood and the Washington County Department of Land Use and Transportation held an open house at the Sherwood Police Department’s community room laying out plans to improve traffic flow and safety along the heavily traveled thoroughfare.

On the table are four options, some of which include adding travel lanes with each requiring taking chunks of property along the way. Transportation officials also rated the desirability of each option regarding roadway circulation.

The Options include:

Tualatin-Sherwood Road (east of Highway 99W) traffic is expected to increase by 50 percent over the next 23 years, going from 20,000 cars today to 30,100 in 2035, according to traffic consultants.

Meanwhile, 76 percent of the collisions at the intersection of Tualatin-Sherwood Road and Highway 99W are rear-end collisions, placing it on a 21st safety priority ranking out of 262 locations countywide.

County officials and consultants plan to return to the city in the fall to weigh in on the options.

“Hopefully, something will have risen to the top,” said Aaron J. Isenhart of Harper Houf Peterson Righellis Inc., one of the road consulting firms hired by Washington County.

Final design plans will be completed next year with construction slated to begin in 2014. Funding for the project will be through Washington County’s Major Streets Transportation Improvement Program.

To see detailed plans of the project, click here