Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee to discuss draft toll projects’ equity framework at July 28 meeting

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Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee to discuss draft toll projects’ equity framework at July 28 meeting

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July 21, 2020

Contact: Michelle Godfrey, 503-986-3903

 

The Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee for the I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects will meet for the third time Monday, July 28, 2020 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Meeting topics include:

  • Draft charter and work plan.
  • Draft I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects’ Equity Framework.
  • Update on I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects.

The committee will work with the ODOT team to implement the draft I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects’ Equity Framework at each stage of project development. Committee members will also serve as links to communities around the Portland metro area including Southwest Washington, soliciting more feedback and participation from youth, older adults, Black, Indigenous, multi-racial, and people of color, people who may speak a language other than English, and people with disabilities.

View the agenda (with instructions for joining the meeting) here.

We welcome public comment at each meeting. Facilitators will reserve 10 minutes to hear verbal comments and will allot up to two minutes to each speaker.

We also welcome written or verbal comments outside of meetings and will provide the comments to the committee. Please submit comments by email to oregontolling@odot.state.or.us with “Committee Public Comment” in the subject line; or, call 503-837-3536 and state “Committee Public Comment” in your message.  

If we receive your comment by 11:00 a.m. the day before the meeting, we will send them to the committee in advance. All comments received after 11:00 a.m. the day before the meeting will be provided to the committee at the next meeting. We will ensure that all written and verbal comments we receive prior to or at the meeting are included in the meeting summary.

About the committee

The Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee works to prioritize equity and mobility in designing the I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects. This committee is a group of individuals with professional or lived experience in equity and mobility coming together to advise the Oregon Transportation Commission and ODOT on how tolls on I-205 and I-5 freeways, in combination with other demand management strategies, can include benefits for populations that have historically and currently been underrepresented or underserved by transportation projects.

For more information about the I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects, visit www.oregontolling.org.

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Meetings are open to everyone

Accommodations will be provided to people with disabilities. To request an accommodation to participate in this meeting, please call 503-837-3536. Or, call statewide relay at 7-1-1 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.

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