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Pedestrian safety was the topic of Friday’s event in Beaverton. The representative presented a $4 million check to Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty for a new project, called the Beaverton loop.

On the evening of Jan. 13, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici was leaving a Shabbat Service for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr hosted by Congressional Beth Israel in Northwest Portland. While crossing the street, in a crosswalk and with a green light, the congresswoman and her husband were hit by a car. 

Three weeks later, Bonamici made her first public appearance in Oregon since the crash, fittingly, to deliver a $4 million check to the mayor of Beaverton for pedestrian safety improvements. 

In her first public appearance since she was struck by a car while crossing a street in Northwest Portland, U.S. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici announced funding for a new project that would support pedestrian safety in her congressional district.

Bonamici, who represents the northwestern corner of Oregon, presented Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty with a $4 million grant for the Beaverton Loop, an urban project to make the city’s downtown more accessible to pedestrians, cyclists and public transit users.

"As someone who walks, I'm someone who cares a lot about makes safe options available for people who aren't in cars," Bonamici said. 

In addition to the $4 million from the federal funding bill, the Loop project received a $2 million RAISE grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation last year, thanks to Bonamici and U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley.