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Sixth Sextant? City considering changing thousands of addresses to 'South Portland'
Updated Feb 28, 4:50 PM; Posted Feb 28, 4:49 PM
By Andrew Theen atheen@oregonian.com
The Oregonian/OregonLive
http://www.oregonlive.com/roadreport...river_home_pop
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SoPo, here we go.
Transportation officials are considering changing thousands of addresses on the west side to a newly created directional area: South Portland.
The city's transportation bureau notified thousands of homeowners west of the Willamette River, but in a narrow slice of the city broadly east of Southwest Naito Parkway, to alert them of the potential address change.
Portland currently has five designated directional areas of the city - North, Northeast Northwest, Southwest and Southeast.
Dylan Rivera, transportation bureau spokesman, noted politely that Willamette Week, which picked up on the issue Wednesday, inaccurately said Portland was considering adding a sixth quadrant.
Rivera said quadrants are defined as four parts of a body.
"In coming up with how to announce this, we've leaned on the side of adherence to proper English usage and a good sense of humor," Rivera said.
Thus, Portland is considering creating a sixth sextant.
Rivera said the agency isn't trying to create new neighborhoods out of whole cloth. Rather, it's responding to a request from law enforcement and emergency personnel.
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