Stafford Road residents still hope for a hold up on a controversial power line project, a month before construction starts.
January and February were busy for Ed Wagner and Kelly Bartholomew, two members of the Save Stafford Road advocacy group, who spent their winter meeting with state and city officials alike, arguing against an infrastructure project slated to begin construction in their neighborhood this spring.
Although their participation in local government over recent months may seem extreme, the pair has been considerably busy since 2023, the year Portland General Electric (PGE) announced plans to upgrade transmission pole infrastructure around Tualatin, Wilsonville and Sherwood.
On Jan. 27, Bartholomew and Wagner, as well as five other Stafford Road residents, came before the Tualatin City Council and asked members to help halt PGE’s proposed 7.4 miles of transmission pole updates on Stafford Road…