Infrastructure Projects

Rooster Rock State Park Renovations - Rooster Rock will be turned into a family park. In the Orange a road will be added so the upper parking lot will have a road that goes down to the sand bar and out to the beaches. In the yellow parking will be added. The area in the pink below the main parking lot will be have all the growth cleared out and turned into a giant beach. In the blue soccer fields and baseball fields will be built that can have goals and backstops that are removeable for flood seasons. The purple area will be desgnated for gas stations and shopping. The red will be for play structures and basketball courts. The green will be an rv park. The white line represents the boat launch area, this area will be renovated and made deeper so boats have  access in all seasons of the year.

West Side Freeway Addition - Will work with Washington County and the State Government to build a freeway on the west side connecting the 26 to the I-5. The new freeway will pass between Hillsboro and Cornelius and then hug the outskirts of Aloha area before connecting with the I-5 just north of Wilsonville. This will become more important as the westside continues to grow. Building it sooner rather than later will save a lot of money by avoiding the need to tear down any buildings as the area gets developed.

Casino for Chinook Indian Nation - I will work with the state government to authorize the construction and operation of a casino for the Chinook Indian Nation. Below are two maps of the planned area for a Chinook casino. The first map highlights the general area in red. This land is sparsely populated and flat and could become a fairly sizable city, possibly 300,000 people. The weather is also warmer then the coast by about 10 degrees, creating a tourist friendly environment. The plan will be to build a casino right on Jones Beach. This will bring in customers, and then other businesses can begin opening around it. I also plan on building a bridge connecting Oregon to Puget Island. There is already a bridge on the north side of the island connecting to Washington, while on the south side there is just a ferry. This will increase traffic flow to the area. In the second map the bridge is highlighted in blue, and the specific area I believe could be good for a casino in red.

Oxbow Parks - Oregon is home to some of the largest oxbows in the United States with some stretching multiple miles before returning within a few hundred feet of itself. Rivers like the Yamhill and the Little Deschutes have several small oxbows on them as well. What is beautiful about oxbows is that the river essentially goes in a circle which is great for rafters as they get out at the part  of the river where it essentially reconnects. This means they do not need mutliples vehicles to raft, as the rivers come back itself.

Sprague River Oxbow - Located just north of Klamath Falls at 42.58, 121.56 degrees is an oxbow on the Sprague River that runs about 2 miles and has a crossing point of around 800 feet.  This oxbow has the best weather of all the large oxbows. Parking can be put in where the river remeets, and possibly a road around the oxbow connecting people to campsites on the river.

Siuslaw River Oxbow - Just east of Florence on the Siuslaw river there is an oxbow that runs around a mile long and has a cross point of 200 feet.

Siletz River Oxbow - Just East of Depoe Bay there is an oxbow on the Siletz river hat bruns around 3 miles long, with a cross point of arond 600 feet. 

Siletz Reservation Oxbow - Siletz reservation is currently home to the largest publicly accessible oxbow in Oregon, running 3-4 miles long with a cross point of2000 feet, and parks on both sides of the crossing point. 

Coastal Dunes - Just south of Bandon, there is a mini dune system right on the beach, with a small river that runs parallel to the coast line. I will build parking to increase access as represented by the blue area. A cement stage will also be installed on the beach so summer festivals can be held on the few warm days there are at the beach. Mini solar panels to charge batteries and provide power will be built into the stage.

Multnomah Falls Parking - Will install more parking at multnomah falls. New lots represented by the blue.

Warner Lakes Access - Warner lakes is a group of lakes in South Central Oregon. Warner lakes is made up of a dune system at the bottom of Hart Mountain, every spring melt the dunes fill with water from the mountain and create lakes full of mini islands, similar to Pothole Reservoir in Eastern Washington. I will build several parking lots creating access to the lakes.

Oneoneta Canyon - Clear debris in canyon, back log.

Single Lane Highway Between Pendleton and Wallula Junction - Will help breakup traffic on the 395, as it passes through Kennewick, as drivers from Idaho and to Idaho can take the 12. 

Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge - Will develop beachfront and turn to official state/city/county park. Much of the beach is covered with overgrowth but I believe there is sand underneath. Good access to islands for kayakers.

Boardman Riverfront - Will develop the beach in front of the river lodge, removing rocks and brush and adding sand, as well as west towards sail board beach. The red area will become an official state/county/city park so you can see it on google maps and it will attract tourists, may add some more grass and pcnic tables. Yellow area could be soccer fields.

Umatilla Roverfront - Will work on developing Umatilla's riverfront, making beach longer, bringing more sand in, adding parking on the west end.

Spillway Park Mcnary Dam - Will work on further developing.

Columbia River Equestrian Center  - The biggest exposed natural beach in Eastern Oregon on the Columbia, near Irrigon. Will work making improvements, adding parking, making it an official park on google maps.