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April 21, 2022
The cover of the city of Camas' 2022 Parks, Recreation and Open Space Plan shows a bridge in Camas' Washougal River Greenway. (Photo courtesy of the city of Camas)

Camas OKs parks & rec ‘wish list’

After closing a two-week public hearing that included more than three hours’ worth of council debate, public testimony and repeated clarifications from city staff, the Camas City Council voted 6-1 this week to formally approve the city’s 2022 Parks, Recreation and Open Space (PROS) Plan and its prioritized list of short- and long-range capital facilities needs.

April 21, 2022
 (Contributed photo courtesy of the Oregon Department of Transportation)

Vehicle permits to be required in ‘waterfall corridor’ on Oregon side of Gorge

Officials are hoping a pilot program requiring timed-use vehicle permits will help reduce traffic and improve safety in the popular “waterfall corridor” on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge. From May 24 through Sept. 5, the new program will require a timed-use permit for personal vehicles to access federal lands in the waterfall corridor — a 7-mile corridor located between Bridal Veil Falls and Ainsworth State Park — between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., seven days a week.

April 14, 2022
Traffic flows past election signs placed near the northeast entrance of Camas' Northwest Sixth Avenue traffic roundabout on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas may ban election, other temporary signs at roundabouts

Anyone who drives through Camas regularly knows it’s tough to overlook an upcoming election. The city’s busiest roadways and intersections are hot real estate for political signs, but a new proposal being considered by the Camas City Council could limit those signs to areas outside Camas’ traffic circles.

April 7, 2022
A Camas-Washougal Fire Department fire engine responds to a call in downtown Camas in 2017. (Kelly Moyer/Post-Record files)

Camas considers fire facilities plan, impact fees

Camas officials are one step closer to approving a Camas-Washougal Fire Department capital facilities plan showing the fire department will require roughly $35 million worth of fire station and apparatus improvements and replacements over the next decade.