July 18 2021
The city of Wilsonville tracks many legislative proposals with the potential to impact the Portland metro region.
A bill opposed by the city of Wilsonville that would have allowed local governments to expand urban growth boundaries without consent from the Metro regional government to build affordable housing and other facilities failed to make it through the House chamber.
The bill received a public hearing in the housing committee, but then was sent to the rules committee without a passage recommendation, and subsequently languished. In its written testimony, the city argued that affordable housing at the edges of development where there aren t as many services like public transportation is problematic.
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Clackamas County freeway widening and bridge projects, variable tolling would be funded under bill backed by Oregon House Speaker
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The back side of Harriett Tubman Middle School in Northeast Portland, which borders Interstate 5. April 30, 2021. Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
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Four years after lawmakers passed a $5.3 billion transportation package, House Speaker Tina Kotek wants to allow money that bill earmarked for the Rose Quarter freeway project to also jump start two additional megaprojects and launch the state’s congestion tolling program.
Kotek’s bill, known as House Bill 3065, would allow Oregon to borrow as much as $600 million in the next few years to pay for projects to address what the state says are significant freeway bottlenecks in Clackamas County.