The traffic camera at the entrance to Stub Stewart State Park entrance. Photo: ODOT
A traffic camera initially expected to go live in April has been activated as of Wednesday, May 26 on Highway 47, facing south with a view of the entrance to Stub Stewart State Park. Live just in time for motorists to use in trip planning for Memorial Day weekend travel, the camera installation also features a weather station that pipes weather information to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s travel planning website, tripcheck.com. Every few minutes, the camera snaps a photo, which ends up on ODOT’s tripcheck.com. The cameras are used by motorists, commercial drivers, newscasters, and more to check road and weather conditions. The cameras are not used for speed enforcement. "Most major electrical work has been completed," said Lou Torres, a public information officer for ODOT in an email to the Banks Post in February. The cameras aren't the only traffic cameras to be installed in the region recently. A camera and weather station in what might be considered downtown Timber at Timber Road and Railroad Avenue was added to Tripcheck on February 11. The weather station portion of that installation is expected to go live after additional work is done by the county, according to Heather Sturgill, a public information officer with Washington County Land Use and Transportation.On April 1, a traffic camera went live in Gales Creek at the junction of Highway 6 and 8, also with a weather station.
Highway 47 was closed between Osterman Road and Spreadborough Road for a crash Forest Grove Fire & Rescue described as serious in a social media post issued shortly after 9:15 p.m. Sunday.
A jackknifed semi has resulted in the closure of Highway 47 at Nowakowski Road between Buxton and Tophill, the Washington County Sheriff's Office said. Highway 26 remains closed from earlier at Staley’s Junction.
Highway 47 is closed due to a jackknifed semi truck which spilled lumber across the highway about two miles north of the Highway 47 and 26 junction (Staley's Junction).
More than a hundred teachers and staff from Banks' three public schools gathered in the Banks Elementary School cafeteria Aug. 19 for a breakfast with their peers and school officials as another school year began. With construction, new security, and a cell phone ban looming, many changes await staf
A crash in Glenwood snarled Labor Day weekend traffic for up to three miles and resulted in minor injuries to at least four people, Forest Grove Fire & Rescue said Saturday.
