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March 18, 2020
Census Begins with Mail Notice
C onTinued from P age 3
If people don’t respond to the
first requests, they’ll get a re-
minder postcard, and if they fail
to respond then, a census worker
will come to their door between
May and July to help them com-
plete the questionnaire.
Census officials say they are
carefully monitoring the corona-
virus (COVID-19) situation and
will adjust some operations with
two key principles in mind: Pro-
tecting the health and safety of
Census workers and the public
and fulfilling a statutory require-
ment to deliver the 2020 Census
counts to the President on sched-
ule.
Slater said people should take
note that the census question-
naires will be addressed “To Res-
ident,” but it’s not junk mail and
they should go ahead and com-
plete the form.
People will also have many
options to reply in languages oth-
er than English,
she said.
“For online and phone, we
have 12 language options other
than English,” she said. “From
our five-year community survey,
we found these were the top lan-
guages and we have a designat-
ed phone number for each one.”
People can also find video in-
structions in up to 59 different
languages on the U.S. Census
website.
Residents contacted by a
Census worker are advised to
verify the legitimacy of the
census taker by making sure
they have a valid photo ID
badge with U.S. Department of
Commerce watermark and an
expiration date. Census takers
may also be carrying Census
Bureau bags and other equip-
ment with the Census Bureau
logo. Census takers may also
be in neighborhoods to drop
off materials, conduct quality
checks or collect responses for
other Census Bureau surveys.
The Census Bureau will not
ask whether a person is a citi-
zen or not, a decision that went
against the wishes of the Trump
Administration in a court ruling
last year which eased the con-
cerns of minority and immigrant
groups who feared it would
cause people not to participate.
A rendering of the future North Rivergate Boulevard overcrossing over railroad tracks in the Rivergate
Industrial District of north Portland.
Rivergate Overcrossing Build Begins
A one year construction project
started Monday on a new over-
crossing that will alleviate con-
gestion associated with rail block-
ages in the Rivergate Industrial
District of north Portland.
The North Rivergate Boule-
vard Overcrossing will be a new
bridge that elevates North Riv-
ergate Boulevard over the Union
Pacific and BNSF railroad tracks.
The $25.8 million project is fund-
ed with federal, state, and local
dollars.
Beginning this week, North
Rivergate Boulevard will be
closed from North Lombard Street
to North Time Oil Road. Traffic
will be detoured from North Bur-
gard Road to North Time Oil Road
for the duration of the closure
which is expected to be in place
for approximately one year. Some
businesses will see new tempo-
rary access roads constructed for
use during the overcrossing’s con-
struction.
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