During the public comment period, three citizens raised concerns about the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program, specifically criticizing its multi-billion-dollar cost, the prioritization of light rail over additional auxiliary lanes, and the data used to justify extensive bicycle and pedestrian paths. Following these comments, the board unanimously approved the consent agenda after noting and correcting a minor signature line error on Resolution 526-14.
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Regional Transportation Council · May 05, 2026 · 16:14–18:11 · Watch on CVTV ↗
Keywords: public comment consent agenda
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15:07 That's a big change. So again, why wasn't more money spent to correct the traffic, permanent traffic recorders with actual data instead of substituting literature reviews and convoluted justifications for excessive allocations of space to pedestrians and bicyclists? I did get a count on the traffic recorders from ODOT from 2024 that were never in the DSEIS or the FSEIS. Again, the data was there. It tells us something. All the numbers in the 2024 figures are all lower than that October 19th, 2022 count.
15:57 So it does actually inform us and it should have been included for the public to review. How can we comment on something that is not there? Permanent data that was concealed from the public. Thank you, Margaret. Thank you. That concludes our public comments portion of the meeting. Can we get somebody on the panel to give us a mic check, please? Council member Belcott, I'll pick on you. Can you can you just say something, see if we can hear you? Yes, I can hear you. No, we still can't hear her.
16:50 Can you try again, please? Yes, can you hear me now? No. If you have a favorite book nearby, maybe you can read us some passages. We'll be. Hello. Hello. Hello. Nothing. Yeah. Who is that? OK, this is Ryan. All right. We got Ryan. Let's try. Councilor Belcott, can we try you again? Can you hear me now? Yeah. Technology is awesome when it works. Thank you so much for your patience. No problem. So is that fixed in the consent? That's signature. OK. All right. That brings us to the consent agenda items. There was one mistake in the packet that has been corrected. The signature line is correct now for resolution five twenty six fourteen.
17:45 With that, I would entertain a motion or a polling of any item that the board desires. I move approval of the consent agenda with that correction. Second motion has been made and seconded. Any further discussion? Seeing none. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes unanimously. That'll bring us straight to our discussion information items. We have a guest presenter here on the interstate bridge replacement program. Former member of the RTC. Carla.
18:25 Thank you for joining us. And the floor is yours. Thanks so much for having us here. I also have Frank Green with me. He's an assistant program administrator. And I appreciate seeing so many familiar faces. And we'll give you an update. I know this is in queuing up a STIP agenda, a STIP amendment agenda item that we are seeking. So if we can go to the first slide. We'll also provide a cost estimate update as a recap here.
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cross_cutting keyword 17:51–18:11 consent agenda
ms. There was one mistake in the packet that has been corrected. The signature line is correct now for resolution five twenty six fourteen. With that, I would entertain a motion or a polling of any item that the board desires. I move approval of the consent agenda with that correction. Second motion has been made and seconded. Any further discussion? Seeing none. All in favor. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Passes unanimously. That'll bring us straight to our discussion information items. We have a gues
cross_cutting keyword 16:14–16:50 public comment
count. So it does actually inform us and it should have been included for the public to review. How can we comment on something that is not there? Permanent data that was concealed from the public. Thank you, Margaret. Thank you. That concludes our public comments portion of the meeting. Can we get somebody on the panel to give us a mic check, please? Council member Belcott, I'll pick on you. Can you can you just say something, see if we can hear you? Yes, I can hear you. No, we still can't hea