TriMet/Metro Southwest Corridor Planning (Portland to Bridgeport Village)

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Feds approve $895,000 for Southwest Corridor planning



The Federal Transit Administration has awarded Metro an $895,000 grant to help create an equitable economic development and housing strategy for the Southwest Corridor, where the elected regional government is studying building the next MAX light rail to connect Portland and Tualatin through Tigard.

The project, which includes possible residential and commercial redevelopment opportunities, faces a potential do-or-die vote in Tigard at the Nov. 8 general election. A yes vote on Measure 34-255 allows the city to support the line. Its passage is widely consider necessary to secure the 50 percent financing commitment from the FTA to help build the it.

The $895,000 grant was announced Wednesday by FTA Acting Administrator Carolyn Flowers at the Rail~Volution Conference in San Francisco as part of the agency's Transit-Oriented Development Planning Pilot Program. The conference, which many regional leaders are attending, has attracted transit planners and advocates from around the country.

...continues at the Portland Tribune.