[1]Click to view video of the hearing.Last week Commissioner Adams was called to Washington, D.C by Congressman David Wu, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, to testify during a hearing addressing “Green Transportation Infrastructure: Challenges to Access and Implementation.”
The Subcommittee hearing was the first step toward expanding Portland’s innovative stormwater efforts and local Green Streets Policy, to national policy with a federal funding base.
Click on the photo above to view complete video of the hearing. If you don’t have an hour and a half to watch the entire hearing, fast forward 34 minutes in to hear Commissioner Adams testimony on federal barriers to increasing green stormwater infrastructure. Or click here to read written testimony [2].