Metro Council president has written a book on ‘Roadways for People’
The book, published by Island Press, is due out in December.
The book, published by Island Press, is due out in December.
“To me these highway expansions represent an old way of doing business.” — Juan Carlos González, Metro Council
Despite a majority of Metro Council expressing concerns about the future of a nearly $800 million project that will expand the I-5 freeway through the Rose Quarter, only two out of seven members voted against giving the Oregon Department of Transportation $129 million to continue working on it. The 5-2 vote came at a meeting … Read more
What’s really going on with the controversial I-5 Rose Quarter project?
Metro President Lynn Peterson and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler have found a politically convenient way out of the predicament posed by the very unpopular I-5 Rose Quarter Project: the Albina Vision plan. Drowning in a sea of controversy around the idea of expanding a freeway through our central city, both leaders have made this plan … Read more
New faces in key positions.