Blumenauer makes Portland bike boulevards a "High Priority" project
Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
U.S. Congressman Earl
Blumenauer has made his
transportation project
requests public.
(Photo © J. Maus)
Blumenauer has made his
transportation project
requests public.
(Photo © J. Maus)
[Via Mapes on Politics]
U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer has made his list of "High Priority" transportation projects public, and several of them are for bike-related projects in and around the Portland metro area. According to Blumenauer, the list was created to "ensure communities are full partners" in Congress's efforts to re-write the federal transportation bill.
Capitol Hill lawmakers are in the process of creating the new bill, and as per usual, there is expected to be a lot of political wrangling and scrambling on how the hundreds of billions of dollars are spent. A small percentage of funds in the bill will go toward "High Priority Projects" that are specifically designated by Members of Congress. (more...)
