Committee sends PBOT street plaza package to full council after presentation on permanent program

Sep 22, 2025

Portland’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to forward to full council a resolution and two ordinances that would formalize the Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Public Street Plaza program, allow decorative overhead lighting in designated plazas and historic districts, and revise plaza permit fees.

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Portland’s Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted on Sept. 22 to send a three-part package from the Portland Bureau of Transportation to the full City Council that would make the bureau’s pilot street plaza program permanent, amend the City’s wiring rules to allow decorative overhead lighting in designated plazas, and update plaza permit fees.

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