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Rename Portland street after Cesar Chavez? It will cost you. (Oregon)

Portland's cost to change the name of 39th Avenue to Cesar Chavez Boulevard would be $86,000, according to the city's road maintenance bureau.

The figure is contained in a memo to the planning commission, which is holding a public hearing on the renaming proposal at 7 Tuesday night in City Hall, 1221 S.W. Fourth Ave.

The memo states that the 7.22 miles of 39th Avenue have 172 intersections, and would require 242 Chavez signs.
Read entire article at Oregonian