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stated , “ it’s easy to talk ab o u t c h a n g ­
in g liv es an d c re a tin g o p tio n s; it’s
q u ite an o th er th i ng to p u t y o u r m oney
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th o se o p tio n s, th e k id s an d o u r fu ­
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to ev ery o n e. O u r alu m n i, v o lu n teers,
c o o rd in a to rs, d o n o rs an d th e c o m ­
m u n ity fo r h e lp in g m a k e o u r d ream
a re a lity .”
Demolition and Displacement are Forever:
Light Rail and North/Northeast Portland
B y P aijune B radford
G albraith
and
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I f all goes as planned by TriM et and
M E T R O , N orth/Northeast Portland will
be forever changed, and the people whose
lives will be changed are conspicuously
absent from the discussions.
The stage is being set for construction o f
Light Rail Transit, which is moving "Full
Steam Ahead”, despite the following:
-V o te rs rejected funding for the
‘State share’ (11 /96); C osts o f
Light
Rail w ere reduced to avoid another pub­
lic vote.
—T here continues to be no evidence
o f w illingness to financially
support
construction o f the line to V ancouver,
w hich isthe k e y to T riM et’sprojected
30% increase in transit ridership.
-C onstructio n and annual operations
& m aintenance costs are astronomical,
with w oefully sm all projections o f rider­
ship
com pared to the costs o f Light
Rail.
The Light Rail line from theClackamas
Regional C enter to North Lom bard will
cost $915 million dollars to build, cost
$96 million dollars every y e a rto operate
Light Rail has becom e the “Holy
G rail”, the single and only answ er to:
achieve population and density plans,
accom m odate growth, protect the U rban
G row th Boundary, and pry dri vers out o f
their cars and onto public transit. M ean­
while, TriM et is adopting hefty increases
for use o f its LIFT service for the elderly
and disabled, and transit ridership con­
tinues to be substantial ly below Tri M et ’ s
projections.
Property owners, residents, and busi­
nesses in North/Northeast Portland -w h o
will suffer the most from impacts o f this
“through route” in our neighborhoods-
have not been very visible at meetings and
‘open houses’where maps clearly show
what’sonthedraw ingboards. W ewonder
why.
There are two alternate routes through
North/Northeast. The Wheeler-Russell or
East 1-5 / Kerby routes through the Eliot
neighborhood, and theneitherWest-of-1-5
or Interstate A venue through Boise,
Humboldt, Overlook, Arbor Lodge, Pied­
mont, andKenton. Pick Y o u r Pain: Eliot
loses 15 homes and 6 or 7 businesses
and maintain, and is projected to result in
a m ere 11 % increase in transit ridership
by the year 2015.
(including all o f the east side o f N. Page
Street) with Wheeler/Russell, or Lloyd
loses 26 housing units and Eliot and Boise
lose 8 businesses with East I-5/Kerby.
With West-of-I-5,( fverlook loses82 homes
(including M innesota A ve), Kenton loses
15, and A rbor Lodge loses 10. W ith the
Interstate Avenue route,( fverlook, Kenton,
and A rbor Lodge lose 69 hom es and 29
businesses. These “rem ovals” mean the
displacem entofPEO PLE - homeowners,
residents, and employees w ho wi 11 have to
go “somew here else”. Then there are the
“areas o f impact” - the properties that sit
within 1000 feet o f the chosen light rail
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Adie J. Paden was born
April 4, 1906 in Rosston,
Arkansas. Adie married
Pearlie Toney and to this
union they were blessed
with six children,
Leonard, Geneva, Grace,
Jewel, Lorene, and
Charlene. Mr. Paden
and his wife having lived in Arkansas fo r over 80 years
moved to Portland in February 1997 to be closer to their
children. The children wish him a very blessed and happv
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