Pending legislation would give state government broad new authority to prod Oregon cities and the Portland metro area to promote more housing production — and penalize them if they do
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Wilsonville Mayor Julie Fitzgerald describes the project as her No. 1 priority.
Following the release of a report from the Oregon Department of Transportation showing an exorbitant price tag and the need to replace rather than retrofit the Boone Bridge to complete a project that also would include the addition of an I-5 southbound auxiliary lane designed to quell traffic issues, Wilsonville leaders are shifting their focus to another study that could get the project ready for federal funding.
Mayor Julie Fitzgerald described moving forward on this project, which would prepare the bridge for a major earthquake and could significantly reduce traffic at the I-5 bottleneck (according to a previous study), as her No. 1 priority.