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Residents urge council to intervene after volunteer plantings threatened by railroad/ODOT rules

2245200 · February 6, 2025
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Summary

A longtime Canby resident asked the council to help preserve volunteer plantings along Highway 99; councilors and staff said ODOT and Union Pacific rights-of-way and expired permits limit city authority and likely require removal.

A Canby resident told the City Council on Feb. 5 she was concerned volunteer plantings and landscaping on Highway 99 might be removed after conversations between city staff, the Oregon Department of Transportation and Union Pacific Railroad.

Tamara Driver, a Canby resident for more than 20 years and a member of the Canby Garden Club, told the…

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