PORTLAND — The Portland Streetcar received a $1.1 million grant from the Federal Transit Administration last week to speed up plans on a proposed 2.3-mile extension through Northwest Portland as well as a separate proposal to bring the transit line to the Hollywood District in Northeast Portland.
The federal government included Portland on a list of more than a dozen Transit-Oriented Development planning projects to receive grants this year. Metro, the regional government, submitted the application.
The money means the transit project has already caught the federal government’s eye even before a route is finalized.
Portland City Council approved $370,000 this year to study the best route for the estimated $80 million extension.
That work is ongoing.
