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TriMet and Washington County leaders push back on Metro draft $84M bond split; JPAAC to consider public comment release
Summary
Metro presented a draft regional flexible fund (RFFA) bond allocation scenario that would distribute about $84 million across five candidate projects. TriMet said cuts to TV Highway and 80 Second Avenue make those projects unviable; several Washington County leaders urged prioritizing fewer projects rather than splitting funds across all five.
Metro staff presented a draft bond allocation scenario on March 17 that would allocate up to $84,000,000 in regional bond proceeds among five candidate transit and roadway projects. The presentation and subsequent committee discussion focused on how to balance limited bond proceeds across competing regional projects and how distribution choices affect project viability for federal funding and construction.
TriMet told the committee it could not support the presented scenario. “The cuts to both TV Highway and 80 Second Avenue do not allow for viable projects, from our perspective,” a TriMet representative said, urging a revised scenario or a delay to develop alternatives. TriMet staff recommended either (1) delaying release of the bond scenario while partners develop an alternative that preserves full funding for those major federally pursued projects, or (2) releasing the list of candidate projects without dollar amounts…
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