PORTLAND, Ore. ( PORTLAND TRIBUNE ) — A study of commuter rail service between Wilsonville and Salem is not a new idea.
But unlike a proposal more than a decade ago — and another that was left behind in last year’s session — the latest legislation for a study drew an overwhelming response from lawmakers, city and transit officials, and other advocates who testified Tuesday, Feb. 13, to the Oregon Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation.
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The earlier proposal was sponsored by then-Rep. Mitch Greenlick, a Democrat from Portland who died in 2020 after 17 years in the House and who made a study a pet project. It led to a broad analysis completed in 2010 by the Oregon Department of Transportation.
A proposal for a more detailed study in House Bill 2662 cleared the joint committee in the 2023 session. But it died in the Legislature’s budget committee.
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