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Portland Urban Growth Boundary Expanded to Above 2040 Plan

In addition intensifying traffic congestion, Portland's land rationing policies that require higher density building have begun to destroy the character of neighborhoods in the Portland area. In response, a citizens movement places a referendum on the ballot to outlaw further densification. Metro, the land use agency, recognized that densification was unpopular and that its authority was likely to be severely restricted. Metro therefore placed on the ballot its own, less strict, density limitation. This was passed by the electorate. Metro has since increased the size of the urban growth boundary by the largest amount ever. The urban growth boundary now encompasses more area than had been previously planned for 2040.

Date Acres
1995 Actual (2040 Plan) 232,074
2000 Actual 235,904
2002 Actual 254,542
2004 Actual 256,482
   
2040 Plan 248,000 - 252,000
Amount by Which Exceeded: 2004 1.8% - 3.4%
   
Past Trends Projection (1995) 354,000
   
1995-2004 Expansion Rate 10.5%
Annual Rate 1.1%
   
2040 at 1995-2004 Annual Rate 382,630
Compared to 2040 Plan 51.8% - 54.3%
Compared to Past Trends Projection 8.1%

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