City Wins $6 Million Grant to Complete Boeckman Creek Trail

August 27, 2025 — The City of Wilsonville has been awarded a $6 million competitive grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to fund construction of a new Boeckman Creek Regional Trail segment that connects the City’s eastside.

The grant is funding a 930-foot segment of trail over Boeckman Creek, which consists of a 40-foot bridge and an 890-foot boardwalk, both of which are ADA-compliant.

This segment will complete the Boeckman Creek Regional Trail, a two mile north-south, off-street trail network on Wilsonville’s east side, connecting residential areas, schools (including Wilsonville High School, Boeckman Primary, and Frog Pond Primary), Memorial Park, and Wilsonville Town Center.

“Receiving a competitive award of this magnitude is an incredible win for Wilsonville,” City Manager Bryan Cosgrove said. “Completing this long-sought project makes our community safer and better connected, and provides a convenient alternative to car travel.”

ODOT’s Oregon Community Paths (OCP) grant program helps communities create and maintain connections through multi-use paths, with the goal of complementing and expanding existing active transportation programs statewide.

The competitive OCP program issued $62 million to Oregon jurisdictions to support 24 of 41 projects submitted. The preferred projects and allocation amounts were recommended by the Oregon Bike Ped Advisory Committee.

ODOT supports this program with funds from the state Multimodal Active Transportation fund and federal Transportation Alternatives Program fund. OCP Grants are available to support project development, construction, reconstruction, major resurfacing or other improvements of multi-use paths that improve access and safety for people walking and bicycling. 

The extension of Wilsonville’s off-street pathway system has long been a high priority for the City Council, City staff, and many community stakeholders. The project, which supports the City's equitable and sustainable transportation goals, was first identified as a priority within the 2006 Wilsonville Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan.

More recently, in 2018, the project was identified as a high priority recreational need in the Parks & Recreation Master Plan. The path’s proximity to the Town Center also aligns the project with the 2019 Wilsonville Town Center Plan.

Conceptual project designs were completed last year. It is expected that project design and permitting would be completed before the end of 2027, with construction getting underway in the spring of 2028.

For more information contact Zach Weigel, City Engineer, at 503-570-1565 or weigel@wilsonvilleoregon.gov.

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