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While the 2,300 acres of the South Cooper Mountain Annexation Area are now mostly undeveloped, the city of Beaverton is getting ready for future growth. To help pay for road improvements in the area, the Beaverton City Council will hear the first reading of new transportation system development charges at its July 7 meeting at 6:30 p.m. A second reading will take place July 14.

The transportation SDCs will pay for new roads and improvements to old ones in the area, said Luke Pelz, the city’s senior transportation manager.

鈥淭he South Cooper Mountain transportation system development charge is an important funding source that ensures transportation system enhancements are constructed to support the additional traffic generated by future development,鈥� he said.

Other money for road infrastructure is coming from the Washington County Transportation Development Tax and the Major Streets Transportation Improvement Program as well as construction by developers, he added.

According to the South Cooper Mountain Concept Plan at www.beavertonoregon.gov/DocumentCenter/View/8289, north-south traffic is too reliant on the corridor featuring Southwest 170th and 175th avenues; new connections and improvements will make a more complete road network. Key projects, according to the plan, will include improving 175th Avenue at its 鈥渒inked鈥� intersection with Kemmer Road; connecting 175th Avenue to 185th Avenue via Kemmer Road with a new road east of 190th Avenue; upgrading Tile Flat and Grabhorn roads; improving Scholls Ferry Road to five lanes west to Tile Flat Road; and connecting Tile Flat Road to Roy Rogers Road.

The transportation SDCs will be imposed when a developer receives a building permit, Pelz said, but so far the only applicant is the Beaverton School District. It has submitted a land use application for a new high school.