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So many projects, so little funding
The title of Friday’s article in the Trib says it all. They ask where the money to pay for the CRC is going to come from, and where we might find funding for other transportation projects in the region. The critical question is probably whether business leaders and elected officials can get together on a…
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Agreeing with ODOT
ODOT Region 1 director Jason Tell (mislabled James Tell in the print edition) has an opinion piece in Friday’s Trib bemoaning the state of transportation funding here in Oregon. While I don’t always agree with ODOT about modernization (i.e., new capacity) projects (hightlighed in an article in the same issue: “Caution: bump in road“), Jason…
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ODOT, Business Group Push for Transportation Funding from Legislature
According to the Daily Journal of Commerce, ODOT is making the $100M multi-modal Connect Oregon2 package it’s highest legislative priority, while the Oregon Business Council and Portland Business Alliance want to do this and more, with a $300M transportation package.
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One Way to Silence Opposition to Private Toll Roads
Buy out the media. Hat tip to the reader who passed this along.
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Last Crack at the MTIP
The Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) and the Metro Council will hear public testimony on the draft final list of transportation priorities for the flexible funding portion of the 2008-2011 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) on Tuesday, February 13, 5:30pm at Metro Council Chamber. Ways to make comments: Web site: www.metro-region.org/mtip Fax:503/797-1930 Email:trans@metro.dst.or.us…