TONIGHT, DISTRICT 3! Join the conversation about local transportation funding
Richmond NA Board Chair
The longer we wait, the more expensive and expansive the problems get.
Starting next week!
Join us for a conversation about local transportation funding
PBOT manages a complex transportation system with many types of assets. Together, these assets are worth $21.9 billion. We need over $6 billion just to bring assets up to fair condition, including $4.4 billion needed for pavement alone. Photos by PBOT.
Don't forget to 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:
District 4 Local Transportation Funding Open House
Date: Thursday, Feb. 19
Event Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Rieke Elementary School Gym (1405 SW Vermont St.)
District 1 Local Transportation Funding Open House
Date: Monday, Feb. 23
Event Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Lent Elementary School Cafeteria (5105 SE 97th Avenue)
District 3 Local Transportation Funding Open House
Date: Wednesday, Feb. 25
Event Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Atkinson Elementary School Cafeteria (5800 SE Division Street)
District 2 Local Transportation Funding Open House
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)
Can't make it to an in-person open house?
PBOT's online open house and survey opens on Feb. 19.
For additional background information, including videos of recent City Council presentations and discussion, visit: www.portland.gov/pbotfunding
Local Transportation Funding
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