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What would you do with $100,000,000 for Coos County?
What about $2.3 Billion?
That is the projected cost of the proposed Pacific Intermodal Container Project (PCIP), a large import-export facility that would be built in the tsunami zone at the North Spit of the Coos Bay Estuary.
In the midst of a budget deficit, the Oregon Legislature allocated $100 million in 2025 to build the PCIP, while neglecting to fund critical programs such as the Community Resilience Hubs and other life-saving climate resilience programs. That’s fishy!
The PCIP threatens to create a risky situation in which residents are dependent on one big industry for all their economic needs. But, history has shown that boom-and-bust industries have left Coos County without economic security once the industry falters. Coos Bay needs investments in critical resources now – including $50 million to keep the Bay Area Hospital open, the areas largest employer. That’s why community members and partners across the state are calling on the Oregon Legislature to invest in a thriving Coos Bay, not a container terminal.
Coos County community members have a vision for a thriving future on the South Coast with a vibrant and diverse local economy that honors the abundance of the bay and prepares communities for the impacts of climate change. Add your voice! What do you want to see?
What’s at stake?
> The health of the Coos Bay Estuary. The PCIP proposes to dredge 18 million cubic yards of material (includes juvenile shellfish- how selfish!) to widen and deepen 8 miles of the Coos Bay navigation channel. The estimated volume would fill 7.5 Autzen Stadiums…Go Ducks?
> Cultural Tribal resources & sacred sites. The proposed turning basin for container ships is located at the Hollering Place, or Ellekatitch, a key area of cultural significance for the Coos People, the original stewards of the Coos Bay Estuary.
> Damage to the multi-million dollar tourism and recreation industry. This is the People’s Coast. Locals and visitors across Oregon love the South Coast because of the access to fishing, clamming, crabbing, water sports and more.
> Air pollution and climate emissions. The proposed project would include importing and exporting over 2 million containers annually through a critical ecosystem. Expanding the fossil-fuel intensive global shipping industry would bring polluting ships into the bay, disproportionately impacting the Empire neighborhood. It is estimated that just one 20-foot container crossing the Pacific Ocean has a carbon footprint of 750 kg of CO2 — that’s the equivalent of driving over 3,330 miles in a gas-powered car.