KGW: Portland City Council tentatively agrees with appeal against PGE plan to cut trees in Forest Park
“All 12 Portland city councilors Thursday voted to tentatively grant the appeal from opponents of a Portland General Electric (PGE) plan to expand its transmission line footprint in Forest Park.
On Thursday afternoon, those opponents presented their appeal to Portland City Council, decrying the environmental impact of PGE downing trees and filling in wetland areas. They argued that a city hearings officer mistakenly decided the project’s environment review.” Read more here.