Local involvement urged
Canal could reduce low-cost housing
By CAROLYN RAMSAY
Of the Emerald
Eugene’s newest city coun
cilor is worried that low-cost
housing in the University area
would be reduced if the
proposed Emerald Canal
waterway is constructed.
So councilor Cynthia Wooten
wants to draft "a serious set of
recommendations to deal with
replacing low-cost housing," if
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Wooten, who is full-time
assistant to Rep. Jim Weaver,
D-Ore., replaced Scott Lieuallen
as Ward 7 councilor in January.
The Emerald Canal project —
which Wooten supports —
would create construction jobs
and stimulate tourism once
completed, she says.
However, Wooten says she
most appreciates the canal
project for its aesthetic value.
She envisions an attractive
waterway flowing through the
city, lined with cafes and
accentuating the beauty of
Eugene’s summer.
The proposed canal would
connect the Willamette River to
the Amazon Canal via the
Millrace, flowing through down
town and the West University
area.
But the effects of the canal’s
construction on these areas is
Wooten’s major concern.
"Some kind of program is
needed to prevent devastation
of neighborhoods with unique
characteristics that people
treasure," Wooten cautions.
Wooten says she is wary of
windfall speculators who could
buy up low-cost housing before
the canal is built and later
replace it with expensive con
dominiums and other high-cost
housing.
Such housing could keep
students and senior citizens
from living in the neighbor
hoods, she explains.
Wooten has heard little on the
canal proposal from the people
who live in low-cost housing
They may have mixed feelings,
she says, and want to see what
program is developed before
deciding.
Wooten adds that University
students should respond to is
sues that affect their communi
ty.
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to pay for the canal if it is con
structed. Wooten says some
money will come from the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, but
the city can’t rely on the corps to
cover a substantial part of the
cost.
Wooten says a bond-levy
election probably would be held
and a program matching private
and public funds also would be
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