Portland Street Fee Could Come Back on May 2016 Ballot

Willamette Week:

Commissioner Steve Novick is reexamining the city's options for a street fee now that the 2015 Legislature has failed to deliver a comprehensive transportation funding package. And those options could include asking Portland voters for money in May 2016.

"We're having some quiet conversations with people who we know are interested in addressing the problem and getting their ideas preliminarily," Novick tells WW in an interview today. "We told the Legislature we would stand down during their session, because they thought our conversation would muddy the waters. We were respectful of that, and now we're talking with some of the folks who are interested in the issue. I can't tell you much beyond that."

And the possible ballot initiative?

"I wouldn't rule anything in or anything out," Novick says.

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