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For years, Oregon’s cities have been looking for ways to create lots of small spaces for public gathering. When the pandemic hit, restaurants urgently needed outdoor spaces and hence an entire new system of so called "parklets" was born.
A new state law allows Oregon cities and some counties to apply for the authority to designate speed limits on their roads.
Dylan Rivera with PBOT said there's 350 permits as of now, which is half the amount from a year ago.
This change comes days after a Cleveland High School student was hit at 26th and Powell and two weeks after the death of Sarah Pliner who was hit and killed by semi.
The Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) set up their snow plow obstacle course Thursday in preparation for the winter weather conditions on Portland roadways.