Date: Feb. 16, 2017                                                                                        NR number: 17021615 For more information: Tom Strandberg - (541) 963-1330

Area Commissions on Transportation, ODOT host public meetings Feb. 27

 

The North East and South East Area Commissions on Transportation (NEACT and SEACT), along with the Oregon Department of Transportation will host public meetings in eight eastern Oregon communities (listed below) on the evening of February 27 to discuss proposed transportation projects. The meetings will start at 6 p.m., Pacific Time, (7 p.m., Mountain Time for Ontario site). The meetings are being held to provide information to the public and collect comments on the Draft 2018-2021 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, also known as the STIP. All interested parties are encouraged to attend at one of these meeting sites, or connect to the meeting remotely with your computer, tablet or smart phone via Zoom.com (see connection details below).

 

The STIP comprises a list of transportation projects proposed for funding during the 2018-2021 four-year construction cycle. Over eighty projects are proposed for the eastern Oregon area. The four-year STIP, updated every two years, is developed through the coordinated efforts of ODOT, Area Commissions on Transportation (ACTs), federal and local governments, tribal governments and the public.

 

“These meetings provide an excellent opportunity for people to learn more about transportation projects proposed for eastern Oregon,” said Grant County Commissioner and SEACT Co-Chair Boyd Britton.

 

Each meeting will be linked via Eastern Oregon University’s videoconference system Zoom.com. Those attending will have the opportunity to participate with all other sites. Comments and public testimony given during the evening will be documented and presented to the Oregon Transportation Commission for consideration, prior to finalization of the 2018-2021 STIP.

 

If you can’t make it to one of the meeting sites, you can connect to the presentation remotely on February 27 using your computer, tablet or smart phone Type https://zoom.us/join in your internet browser, enter meeting ID: 175-119-566 and password: odotstip .This Zoom connection information, along project listing, map, and more information about the STIP are posted on the ODOT website at www.tinyurl.com/odot-region5 .

 

Interested parties can also contact ODOT Public Information Officer Tom Strandberg at 541-963-1330 (email: thomas.m.strandberg@odot.state.or.us) for more information or to request alternative formats for the public meeting (language translations, etc.). Meetings sites are accessible to persons with disabilities per ADA requirements.

 

Meeting locations (eight participating video conference sites)

 

Burns - Harney County Courthouse, basement meeting room, 450 N. Buena Vista

 

John Day – Oregon Telephone Co., conference room, 155 W Main Street

 

Baker City - Public Library, 2400 Resort Street, Baker City, OR

 

Pendleton - Blue Mountain Comm. College, Emigrant Hall, room 128, 2411 NW Carden Ave.

 

La Grande - Eastern - Oregon University, Inlow Hall, room 013, One University Blvd.

 

Boardman - Blue Mountain Comm. College, 300 NE Front Street          

 

Enterprise - Wallowa County ESD, 107 SW 1^st, room #105

 

Ontario - OR Dept. of Transportation Office, 1390 SE 1^st Ave. (7:00 p.m. Mtn. Time – Ontario site)

 

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