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4 questions with Mel Huie, celebrating 4 decades of planning regional trails

By Cristina Rojas

July 3, 2018 8 a.m.

Mel Huie has served as a parks and trails planner for Metro since 1988 and has been instrumental in planning and implementing a regional system of off-street trails.

A statement from Metro Council President Tom Hughes: Affirming safe and welcoming Metro spaces

By Tom Hughes

July 2, 2018 3:17 p.m.

If you are visiting Metro’s parks, natural areas, the Oregon Zoo, Oregon Convention Center, Metro’s cemeteries, the Expo Center or Portland’5 Centers for the Arts, you are our guest in enjoying what our region has to offer. And we reaffirm the rights of immigrants and refugees no matter what their status to basic due process rights such as the right to remain silent if asked for documentation.

Beaverton, Wilsonville share UGB proposals with Metro, regional leaders

By Cristina Rojas

July 2, 2018 2:30 p.m.

Beaverton and Wilsonville were the last two cities to go before the Metro Council and Metro Policy Advisory Committee to share their visions for their proposed expansion areas

Hauling trash to Metro? What to know before you go

By Rebecca Koffman

July 2, 2018 9 a.m.

Bay 1 at Metro Central holds a heap of mixed garbage.

It’s important to know what you are taking to a Metro transfer station, and how to take it. Here are some tips about how to arrange your load so that disposal is easier, safer and cheaper.

Before you swing the sledgehammer: The resulting debris could need testing

By Rebecca Koffman

July 2, 2018 9 a.m.

transfer station staff person in a yellow vest stands near big pile of garbage

For building contractors and do-it-yourself home improvers alike, the process is the same: If you’re disposing of certain kinds of building materials, proof that they contain less than 1 percent asbestos is required at both Metro Central in Northwest Portland and Metro South in Oregon City.

Public notice: Opportunity to comment on pending amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan

July 2, 2018 7:44 a.m.

Metro is in receipt of Proposed MTIP Formal Amendments. To share your views, comment by 5 p.m. July 30, 2018. A final notice will not be published.

Updated Regional Transportation Plan highlights new policies for safety, transit, freight and technology

June 28, 2018 12:40 p.m.

A bus stops for passengers while a bicyclist rides by

The latest Draft Regional Transportation Plan sets a new vision to create safer streets, strengthen transit, move freight efficiently and respond to changing transportation technology.

Johnson Creek restoration work to begin at Ambleside Natural Area

By Yuxing Zheng

June 28, 2018 11:46 a.m.

photo of Stout-Schacht house inundated with Johnson Creek floodwaters

Starting in July, crews will remove the concrete walls along the creek, a dam, a private road and an undersized bridge. The project will protect water quality and restore vital habitat for fish, amphibians and wildlife.

Grant to Depave transforms parking lot at M&M Marketplace into greener, urban plaza

By Rebecca Koffman

June 27, 2018 4:14 p.m.

The work was largely paid for by $30,000 from Metro’s 2016 Nature in Neighborhoods grant program. The grants support a range of projects that connect people to nature, improve water quality and protect wildlife habitat.

Una subvención a Depave transforma el estacionamiento del M&M Marketplace en una plaza urbana más verde

By Rebecca Koffman

June 27, 2018 4:13 p.m.

El trabajo se pagó en gran parte con $30,000 dólares del programa de subvención Nature in Neighborhoods 2016 de Metro. Las subvenciones apoyan muchos proyectos que conectan a las personas con la naturaleza, mejoran la calidad del agua y protegen el hábitat natural.

8 things you want to recycle at home – but please don’t

By Faith Cathcart

June 27, 2018 10:59 a.m.

woman with a produce bag in full of bell peppers

What goes in your home recycling bin hasn’t changed. And it’s more important than ever to keep the stuff that doesn’t go in your bin out. In the greater Portland area, almost all of the stuff getting collected as recycling is still getting recycled. Keeping the stuff out that doesn’t belong there will help.

Get rolling this May with the 2025 Bike Month Challenge

4 questions with Mel Huie, celebrating 4 decades of planning regional trails

A statement from Metro Council President Tom Hughes: Affirming safe and welcoming Metro spaces

Beaverton, Wilsonville share UGB proposals with Metro, regional leaders

Hauling trash to Metro? What to know before you go

Before you swing the sledgehammer: The resulting debris could need testing

5 fun summer trails

5 senderos para explorar este verano

Have fun, be safe on regional trails

Public notice: Opportunity to comment on pending amendment to the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Plan

Comment now: Draft 2018 Regional Transportation Plan

Updated Regional Transportation Plan highlights new policies for safety, transit, freight and technology

Johnson Creek restoration work to begin at Ambleside Natural Area

Grant to Depave transforms parking lot at M&M Marketplace into greener, urban plaza

Una subvención a Depave transforma el estacionamiento del M&M Marketplace en una plaza urbana más verde

8 things you want to recycle at home – but please don’t