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I-5 Delta Park Open House and Hearing Today
This afternoon from 3:30 to 6, there is an open house on the I-5 Delta Park widening project, followed by a public hearing at 6:30. Both are being held at: Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs 4134 N. Vancouver Ave, Portland
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Toll Road Moving Forward in Newberg
OPB is reporting that today the Oregon Transportation Commission approved a $20M pre-development agreement with Australian based Macquarie to investigate three potential toll road projects, starting with the Newberg-Dundee bypass.
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Buses, Trains and Automobiles
Last night, the Downtown Neighborhood Association invited TriMet to a meeting to discuss issues around the Transit Mall Light Rail project. Last Friday’s Tribune sensationalized this to a degree. Looking over the written questions the association submited to TriMet, I was reminded of a challenge in working with neighborhood associations on large capital projects: the…
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Talking About the Tram
The Tram is being talked about everywhere today. There is a Steve Duin column as well as a long piece by Ryan Frank on the history of the project in the Oregonian. And of course Jack Bog is blasting the project, while Portland Architecture is (at least partially) rising to its defense. About the only…
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Burnside Watershed?
Last night I attended a forum that Commissioner Adams held for small business owners on Burnside and Couch to discuss the (west side) couplet proposal. Given the recent planning bureau critique of the plan, I was concerned that this would be another opportunity to dump on the couplet plan (which I support). I was pleasantly…