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Metro weighs $84 million bond to accelerate regional transit projects; Washington County delegates push for TV Highway and 80 Second Avenue funds
Summary
Metro staff presented eight bond-allocation scenarios for a proposed $84 million Regional Flexible Fund Allocation (RFFA) bond. Washington County and local representatives urged concentrating funds on Tualatin Valley Highway and 80 Second Avenue bus rapid transit projects (scenarios 7/9 favored).
Metro staff presented a set of scenarios to the region's technical advisory committee for using up to $84 million in bonding authority to accelerate federally eligible regional projects. The Washington County delegation at the meeting argued that concentrating the bond money on the two bus-rapid-transit projects 'Tualatin Valley Highway and 80 Second Avenue 'would produce the strongest local benefit and reduce the local match required for larger federal funding applications.
What Metro proposed and the local response
Metro initially advanced five candidate projects for bond support: bus rapid transit along 80 Second Avenue; bus rapid transit along…
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