Do you think a street car to between Portland’s failed south waterfront apartment city and the bucolic burg of Lake Oswego is a good or a bad idea? A public hearing is set for tonight (Lake Oswego City Hall (380 A Avenue) for public input on the street car. Ask the folks over at the website www.450millionandcounting.com and they’ll tell you ‘No Thanks!”
“[It]will cost $458 million in taxpayers’ money just to build and will profoundly impact our quality of life — damaging our environment, creating more crime, causing increased congestion, and costing precious dollars that could be going to real community priorities like schools and libraries.
“The line has always been envisioned in the planning for South Waterfront’s transportation needs. It will also allow the build-out of the Johns Landing neighborhood, which is necessary to help accommodate the 300,000 more people expected to move here by 2035,” says Adams, referring to the approximate number of new residents Portland is planning to receive over the next 24 years.
