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Portland Housing Bureau Announces Funding for 251 New Affordable Homes
Funds from the Metro Affordable Housing Bond and Multnomah County general fund will be deployed to fill funding gaps in four construction-ready projects.
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Annual Portland Aerial Tram evacuation exercise set for Sunday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to noon
No traffic impacts expected
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Portland Sunday Parkways returns to Southwest Portland on Sept. 10, with opportunities to bike, walk, roll, and hike!
Portland Sunday Parkways presented by Kaiser Permanente will return to the Southwest Portland Multnomah neighborhood on Sept. 10, 2023, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Public Works Commissioner Mingus Mapps cuts the ribbon on transformational $30 million SW Capitol Highway: Multnomah Village to West Portland project with community leaders and advocates
Providing sidewalks and bike lanes on one-mile length of SW Capitol Highway has been a community priority for 30 years.
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The Joyce Opens in Downtown Portland to Provide Permanent Supportive Housing for People Exiting Homelessness
The project opening marks eleventh for Portland’s Housing Bond since voters approved the city’s first bond measure for affordable housing.
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News Release: Construction begins next week on the SW Broadway Bike Improvements project, interim improvements on SW Main Street
The project will complete a comfortable, safe southbound bicycle connection from the Broadway Bridge to I-405.
Construction will continue through September and include intermittent lane closures, parking restrictions and traffic delays.
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Three New Portland Housing Bond Projects Selected: Projected to Exceed Goals by 43 Percent
The Portland Housing Bureau has awarded funding to three new projects with the remaining funds from Portland’s Housing Bond. The new projects bring the projected total affordable homes produced through the city’s first housing bond to 1,859—housing for an estimated 3,834 people.
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New year, new investments: PBOT to break ground on nine new projects in Portland’s Central City in 2022
Nine new projects will begin construction in 2022. The projects, which emerge from the City Council-approved Central City in Motion and Rose Lane Project plans, are designed to improve the speed and reliability of transit, provide dedicated space for people who bike, and to make streets safer regard
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PBOT launches new ad campaign to encourage Portlanders to use climate-friendly transportation as the city emerges from the pandemic
Portlanders will be able to travel to new community plazas across the city to socialize and celebrate the city’s recovery.
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Construction begins on the Red Electric Bridge in Southwest Portland, a major piece of future Red Electric Trail
Construction on the $4.7M Red Electric bridge and trail segment is expected to be complete in Spring 2022.
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Traffic Advisory: Construction to resume on SW Capitol Highway paving project between Multnomah Boulevard and Texas Street, with Covid-19 safety modifications for crews
This project, funded by Fixing Our Streets, will repave and repair SW Capitol Highway through the heart of Multnomah Village
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