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Staff recommends 40 Eighth Street as Springfield MPO priority; council emphasizes safety and preservation
Summary
City transportation staff updated a scoring matrix for MPO funding, increased safety and preservation weights, and recommended 40 Eighth Street as the MPO priority; councilors asked for clarification about phasing, costs, traffic impacts and communications to the public.
Springfield transportation staff presented a revised scoring matrix for Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) funding and recommended prioritizing the 40 Eighth Street connection for upcoming MPO negotiations, while councilors stressed safety, preservation and clear public messaging.
Planner Stan (transportation staff) summarized changes to the scoring system, including adding "access to key destinations," separating active-transportation and green-infrastructure priorities, and increasing the weight for safety to 1.5 and preservation to 1.5. He said staff used crash-data layers (the ODOT SPIS layer), police records, service‑request logs and public feedback to identify safety priorities.
Stan explained…
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