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Portland transportation leaders are hoping to slam the brakes on legislation they say would send incipient tollbooth dollars heading in the wrong direction.
House Bill 3065 was introduced by Speaker of the House Tina Kotek as a directive for the Oregon Department of Transportation to study creating uniform standards for speed bumps though the North Portland Democrat admitted that text was merely a placeholder at a Joint Transportation Committee meeting March 16.
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“People don’t realize that these things happen because there’s an utter lack of infrastructure there’s no place to dump household trash and in that 70-city block at that point there were a total of two public bathrooms,” notes Sandra Comstock, a sociologist and advocate for houseless people. She saw a logical alternative to an enhanced services district: Fund a safe space where people could access a hot shower, bathrooms, laundry and basic medical care, as well as dump trash.
To follow through took two years and a complex series of county and city permits, near constant fundraising and COVID-19. By the end of last year, the Hygiene Hub opened beneath the Morrison Bridge with portable toilets and a shower with hot water. This spring, the hub will roll out its clothing and bedding exchange. By late summer, a cadre of nurse volunteers will begin offering a full range of foot and wound care.