Save the date!
Local transportation funding conversations are happening in all four Portland City Council Districts – join us!
Like many streets in Portland, the pavement condition on SW Main Street in downtown Portland was very poor prior to being repaved with Fixing Our Streets funding. Photo by PBOT.
Join the conversation about local transportation funding and weigh in on a variety of options and opportunities at an open house in your district.
Portland is experiencing a transportation funding crisis. Since 2020, the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) has cut over $42 million of General Transportation Revenue–backed expenses. These significant cuts to the city’s discretionary transportation revenue impact all our work. Our streets are falling apart, our bridges are aging, and we can’t afford to make the safety improvements our communities are asking for. The cost of transportation construction has gone up, and funding hasn’t increased to pay for it.
The longer we wait to repair our transportation assets, the more expensive and expansive the problems get.
Portland City Council is talking about how to solve this problem. Come to an open house to learn more – and give us your feedback – about:
- the options to raise more money
- the kinds of things that the city would spend the money on
- ways to review and monitor the spending
Join us at an upcoming open house:
Date: Thursday, Feb. 19
Event Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Rieke Elementary School Gym (1405 SW Vermont St.)
Date: Monday, Feb. 23
Event Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Lent Elementary School Cafeteria (5105 SE 97th Avenue)
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 25
Event Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Atkinson Elementary School Cafeteria (5800 SE Division Street)
Date: Tuesday, March 3
Event Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Cafeteria (4906 NE 6th Avenue)
For additional background information, including videos of recent City Council presentations and discussion, visit: www.portland.gov/pbotfunding
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