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Marquis highlights highway connectivity, industrial growth and Chapman Landing in Scappoose council interview
Summary
Marty Marquis, a planning commission member and spatial analyst, interviewed Monday for a council vacancy and emphasized improving pedestrian connections across the highway, marketing the industrial area and developing Chapman Landing as a riverfront destination.
Marty Marquis, a member of Scappoose's planning commission and a spatial analyst by training, interviewed Monday as one of two applicants for a vacant city council seat and told councilors his priorities are highway connectivity, attracting business to the industrial area and developing Chapman Landing.
Marquis said the U.S. highway that runs through Scappoose "is the main feature of Scappoose" and argued the city should build stronger, regular engagement with the Oregon Department of Transportation to pursue safer crossings, improved traffic signal timing and more sidewalks.
"It seems like it's something that we should almost be talking with ODOT about weekly," Marquis said, urging intentional…
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