Contacts: ACT Project Manager Rob Zako, 541-343-5201; Lane County Transportation Planning & Traffic Division Manager Celia Barry, 541-682-6935

WHAT:  A meeting for the Forum on an ACT for Lane County (FACT-LC), which is charged with developing proposed bylaws for the Lane County Area Commission on Transportation (ACT).

WHEN:  5:30-8 p.m., Wednesday, February 10. Additional meetings will be held March 10 and April 14.

WHERE:  ODOT Offices, 644 (North) A Street, Springfield

WHY:  If you have an interest in the future of Lane County's transportation system and how it affects our quality of life, you should get involved.

The Oregon Department of Transportation divides the state into 12 areas. Most areas already have Area Commissions on Transportation, or ACTs. Now Lane County is getting its own ACT together. ACTs are advisory bodies to the Oregon Transportation Commission. ACTs can look at all aspects of the transportation system: policies, major projects, congestion, safety, intermodal linkages, freight, relation to development, health issues, or environmental impacts. ACTs also look at all modes of transportation: air, marine, rail, roadway, transit, bicycle and pedestrian. Lane County does not yet have an ACT. But the FACT-LC, formed by the Lane County Board of Commissioners, is discussing what issues the ACT should address, who should be members of the ACT, and how the ACT should function.

WHO:  YOU and other Lane County stakeholders are invited to hear these discussions and to offer comments about issues the ACT should address and people who should be involved.

INFO:  Meeting materials and more info about the process to form an ACT for Lane County are available online:
http://www.lanecounty.org/transplanning/lanecountyact.htm#factlc20100210

Amber Fossen

Public Information Officer

Lane County Government

125 E. Eighth Ave.

Eugene, Oregon 97401

(541) 682.3718

(541) 359.9143 (cell)