Oregon lawmakers start statewide transportation hearings in Portland
(PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — Oregon legislators are beginning a statewide tour in Portland. The goal: Factfinding on the state’s transportation needs ahead of a proposed, big-budget transportation package in the 2025 session.
And if that sounds familiar, it’s because this year’s lawmakers studied the 2016 playbook. That year, lawmakers crisscrossed the state asking about transportation needs, which lead to a $5.3 billion statewide transportation bill that passed both chambers with strong bipartisan support in 2017.
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This year’s listening tour kicks off from 5 to 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, at the Cascade campus of Portland Community College, 705 N. Killingsworth St. The public hearing will be available via livestream on olis.oregonlegislature.gov.
Co-chairs of the joint, bipartisan committee are Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Troutdale, and Rep. Susan McLain, D-Hillsboro. Vice chairs are Sen. Brian Boquist, R-Polk and Yamhill counties, and Rep. Shelly Boshart Davis, R-Albany.
“Each stop on this tour is going to give us a greater perspective of the transportation needs in Oregon and how best to tackle the structural challenges we are facing,” Gorsek and McLain wrote in a press release.
The goal, as outlined by lawmakers on May 10, is to gather perspectives and information that would be used by legislators to craft a transportation package in the 2025 legislative session. Such a package would be designed to allow the Oregon Department of Transportation to maintain critical infrastructure, complete major projects and guarantee the safety of transportation systems across the state.
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