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Regional Flex Funds for Bikes/Peds in Jeopardy

Submitted by Content Publisher on July 14, 2010 - 5:05pm

On July 8, the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) plans to set funding targets for $20-24 million dollars in regional flexible funds for the entire Portland metro region. In the past, only about 2% of the overall regional transportation funding dollars ($630 million) have gone to bike/ped facilities (active transportation projects). Now the discussion on July 8th is whether to shift much of these regional flexible funds to freight initiatives - potentially cutting active transportation projects by 75%. 

Please do three things:

1. read the attached blog for more information.


2. call our local elected JPACT representative, Roy Rogers at 503-846-8681, and let him know that this issue is important to you and you support active transportation projects.

3. pass along this message to friends.

 

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