Councilor Randy Groves: I do know that one of our former mayors of the city of Eugene lost his son, a teenager, to a head-on collision on that section of roadway.
Presenter: Eugene City Councilor Randy Groves looks for a cost-effective transportation fix—before there’s another head-on collision on the Beltline. At the Metropolitan Policy Committee April 2, Metropolitan Planning Organization Program Manager Paul Thompson:
Paul Thompson (LCOG, MPO program manager): If you recall, two months ago at the February meeting, you had ODOT staff here to present on the development of ODOT’s new capital investment plan. Instead of taking a three- to four-year look through their STIP (Statewide Transportation Improvement Program) process every other year, they’re now looking at developing a 10-year plan.
Part of that process involves reaching out to the Area Commissions on Transportation (ACT, the Lane ACT in our case, and asking for input. As you heard two months ago, the ACT can identify the top three to five priorities, prioritize those, and then identify up to 10 more projects…