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Port warns of multi‑million cleanup at Railroad Avenue; Scappoose airport upgrades move forward
Summary
Port representatives told the Economic Development Committee the Port’s capital improvement plan includes a required seismic refit at Port Westward and a staged remediation of Railroad Avenue contamination estimated at about $30,000,000; Scappoose Airport generator and tarmac resurfacing projects are nearly ready or underway.
Port officials briefed the Columbia County Economic Development Committee on capital projects and long-running environmental cleanup needs that could span decades.
A Port representative described two costly priorities in the port capital improvement plan (CIP): a seismic retrofit at Port Westward and a decades-long cleanup of a former railroad-tie…
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