One of the largest employers in the Portland Harbor says it will appeal the city’s new plan to help restore the Willamette River. The Portland Tribune report that Gunderson, a maker of rail cars and marine barges, filed a notice with Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals. The company tells the Trib the plan...
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Portland’s City Council got plenty of advice, but no consistent message, from people testifying Wednesday night about a plan to restore the North Reach of the Willamette River. Businesses worried about how much it will cost and urged the council to move slowly. Environmental groups said the time for action is now. Running from...
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Cruise the Willamette downstream from central Portland and you’ll soon realize this is not the wild river our city founders knew. Shipping terminals, cargo vessels, scrapyards, oil tanks, warehouses and gazillions of imported cars line the riverbank. This area, as city officials like to describe it, is a working river. An important area for...
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