The AOC Transportation and Community Development Committee held an action-packed meeting on Monday, January 8th, with about 50 in attendance. Members discussed and acted on several important topics during their time in Salem. The centerpiece of the [...]
The Oregon Transportation Commission met in Salem on Friday September 22nd, with a heavy focus on hearing from the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) on various plans to implement House Bill (HB) 2017, which passed [...]
House Bill (HB) 2017-10 moved out of the Joint Committee on Transportation & Modernization (JCTPM) on Saturday, July 1. Here are changes relating to counties: The program duration is seven years. The Maintenance & Preservation [...]
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) will conduct Oregon Public Transportation Plan (OPTP) outreach from May until September 2017. The OPTP will provide a vision and policy foundation to guide public transportation investment decisions by [...]
AOC, along with other lobbyists and legislators, have been waiting this week for release of the -4 amendments to House Bill (HB) 2017, the transportation bill. As of Thursday (6/22) the -4 amendments have not [...]
With less than a month remaining in the legislative session a sense of urgency is readily apparent around the transportation package and general fund budgets. There is a new version of House Bill (HB) 2017 [...]
Thanks go to Clackamas County Chair Jim Bernard, Lane County Commissioner Sid Leiken, Polk County Commissioner Craig Pope, Malheur County Judge Dan Joyce, and Jackson County Public Works Director John Vial for ably representing Oregon’s [...]
The Joint Committee on Transportation Preservation and Modernization will debate the initial draft of amendments to House Bill (HB) 2017, which will constitute the massive transportation funding bill that has been developed throughout the 2017 [...]
Both the Monday, May 15 and Wednesday, May 17 evening meetings of the Joint Transportation Preservation & Modernization (JTPM) Committee continued to focus on recommendations that came from the five workgroups. The goal is to [...]
The Joint Transportation Preservation & Modernization Committee met on Monday, May 8 and received a presentation that recapped the recommendations of the five work groups. Recommendations were wide ranging: first, the investment program would cover [...]