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August 20, 2020
Contact: Michelle Godfrey, 503-986-3903
The Equity and Mobility Advisory Committee for the I-205 and I-5 Toll Projects will meet Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m.
Meeting topics include:
- Committee processes, including the revised Charter.
- History of planning for construction of I-205.
- Underserved and underrepresented communities that could be disproportionately affected by the I-205 Toll Project.
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 meeting materials (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 a 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, please go to www.oregontolling.org.
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