Flood risks lead to Swan Island levee and path idea
Like Marine Drive, but near Swan Island on the Willamette.
Source: bikeportland.org
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Like Marine Drive, but near Swan Island on the Willamette.
Anyone who frequents inner southeast Portland is familiar with the persistent—yet unpredictable—freight train bottlenecks near railroad crossings in the area. Union Pacific freight trains rolling into town via the Brooklyn Intermodal Rail Yard cause such notable logjams in Portland's Central Eastside that more than 1,500 people signed a Change.org petition asking the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) to do something about it. Now, thanks to a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT),...