Feb 26
The Metro Council and boards of commissioners of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties approved agreements this week that will set aside more than 272,100 acres of farmland, forestland and natural areas to be excluded from urban growth during the next 50 years. The agreements also set aside about 28,100 acres of land for potential future growth needs during that same period.
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Feb 26
The Metro Council has approved several major planning efforts to improve connections and offer transportation choices in the Southwest metro corridor. The transportation corridor, or travel demand area, includes Barbur Boulevard and Interstate 5 as the main travel routes from Portland to Tigard and Barbur Boulevard/Highway 99W as the main travel route on to Sherwood.
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Feb 25
Updated designs for the next MAX line are presented for public review in TriMet's conceptual design report, available on TriMet's web site and at open houses in Southeast Portland on Feb. 22 and Milwaukie on Feb. 25.
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Feb 19
After more than two years of research, study and public input, Metro and the three counties in the Portland metropolitan region are nearing the end of an unprecedented process to agree on where and how our region will grow in the next several decades.The reserves process is unique in the nation - never before has a metropolitan area mapped out a decades-long plan that identifies areas for urban growth and lands that should be set aside as rural reserves.
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Feb 12
Metro and regional leaders are appealing to Oregon's senators to support new stimulus funds for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act after initial funding helped put more than 3,000 Oregonians to work creating $40,764,255 in wages in the Portland metropolitan region.
Metro Councilor Carlotta Collette, chair of the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT), has sent a letter to Oregon Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley on behalf of JPACT requesting the senators' support for a continuation of the Recovery Act at a time when Oregon's unemployment rate is still among the highest in the nation.
Members of JPACT will make their annual visit to Oregon's Washington, DC delegation in March to pursue funding for a targeted list of critical transportation projects throughout the region.
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