Testify at Planning Commission tonight
The River Plan is headed to the Planning Commission tonight. This is an opportunity for you to come and show your support for a multi-use path connecting St Johns with downtown.

BikePortland.org posted a great article this afternoon summarizing whats going on. If you have time tonight, we’d love to see you there!

Willamette Greenway Trail heads to Planning Commission

Posted by Jonathan Maus (Editor) on December 9th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Metro trail planner Mel Huie and
npGreenway core member Pam
Arden at a 2007 meeting.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Tonight, the Portland Planning Commission — a nine-member body appointed by the Mayor that advises the city on all planning issues — will hold a public hearing for the “North Reach” phase of Portland’s River Plan. The River Plan is a massive planning project for all land along the Willamette River in Portland. Buried among the many volumes and reams of pages in the North Reach section of the plan is language that would help establish easements and official policy for the northern section of the Willamette River Greenway Trail (which currently ends at the Steel Bridge). [click here to see the entire article on bikeportland.org…]