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Kotek s plan to spend toll revenue on highways under fire March 16 2021
House Bill 3065 would send more money to highway projects throughout the metro region, but some say the plan is misguided.
Portland transportation leaders are hoping to slam the brakes on legislation they say would send incipient tollbooth dollars heading in the wrong direction.
House Bill 3065 was introduced by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek as a directive for the Oregon Department of Transportation to study creating uniform standards for speed bumps though the North Portland Democrat admitted that text was merely a placeholder at a Joint Transportation Committee meeting March 16.
Mental health aid is among 2021 priorities for cities
League of Oregon Cities official: Without help, police end up being the first care providers.
More state aid for mental health services is on the to-do legislative list for the League of Oregon Cities this session.
Cities generally do not provide those services community organizations, counties and the state do but the league s immediate past president says cities are the first to feel the effects when there are few or no services. Our police forces are the ones with the first response, Jake Boone, a Cottage Grove city councilor, said. The police end up being the first care providers and our single largest mental health system is the prisons not because they provide care, but because that is where we are warehousing the mentally ill right now. That is not sustainable.
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Some Elected Officials Disagreed With Move to Advise TriMet on Executive Director Search Clackamas County Chair Jim Bernard says he’s suspicious Metro may be angling to take over the transit agency. MAX Orange Line station. (Brian Burk) As
WW reported earlier this week, a large number of advocacy groups and local elected officials have offered TriMet unsolicited advice about how to hire its next executive director. Advocates and electeds wrote separate letters to the regional transit agency s board last week following the Dec. 17 announcement that current TriMet general manager Doug Kelsey will retire in March 2021 when his contract expires.