Portland leaders Monday advanced a proposal they hope could eventually turn the tide on the city’s ongoing neglect of roads, parks, sewers and other municipal resources.
Members of the City Council’s transportation and infrastructure committee unanimously approved a resolution that directs top bureaucratic officials to develop a citywide asset management strategy and a plan to pay for billions of dollars in needed repairs.
The move — dubbed a “fundamental first step” by committee chair Olivia Clark — comes only weeks after Portland’s auditor disclosed the staggering sum needed to narrow the city’s maintenance backlog and urged leaders to come up with a coordinated effort…