City Council to Overturn Hearings Officer's Approval of PGE Forest Park Plan

City Council to Overturn Hearings Officer's Approval of PGE Forest Park Plan

All 12 members of the council indicated they would reject the plan at an appellate hearing last week. Their decision underscores the broader implications of the utility project to people on both sides of the issue.  by Taylor Griggs Portland General Electric’s proposed utility project in Forest Park, which would require removing nearly 400 trees in order to make way for transmission upgrades, has been a source of controversy in the city since it…