or they don't want help when they get housing that does not allow alcohol and drugs. Such babies!!

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Right....poor people are the problem.....SMH

Boulders along the highway means that eventually cars will "slam into these boulders" -- especially during the winter months.

@@bobknull7502 who said poor people? I said drug addicts.

Why is it alright for ODOT to use boulders to keep 'campers' off their property but when a business does it, it is considered hostile? Why is there suddenly a concern for their safety?

@Schoolboy Unfortunately, the police would strongly disagree. Homeless are being used as intermediatearies ("fronts") for retail theft, armed robbery, stolen vehicles, and many actions of violence by organized crime in the PNW. They get the property, and homeless get money for drugs or drugs directly. No risk, all reward. They are not targeted, due to complete breakdown of law and order and lack of available officers for duty. Now, Multnomah County does not prosecute car theft, retail theft, or mugging assaults in most cases. Police are overwhelmed.

Like people that live in house's don't do Drugs and Shoot Up, or steal from stores my ass ! Right, Their' no difference then someone living in the Streets. They just happen to have more money so their not homeless.

@@patrickmccarthy6798 a business can't put boulders on their property? What business can't put boulders on their property?

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Right...

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Well, at least they're leaving residential neighborhoods. This means there are fewer vagrants shooting up drugs in front of school buildings. It also means "more space" on the sidewalks for people in wheelchairs.

Exactly! Thank you!

Honestly it’s not that easy. There are people on the streets that have good jobs. The jobs just don’t pay enough to afford somewhere to live. The lady was a manager at CVS for god’s sake…. It’s a much larger problem than just drugs or mental health or whatever. That’s why it’s not been solved yet. It’s complicated and costly.

@@rickchandler2570 the problem is some people are idiots and losers. CVS managers are a joke job. The real issue is people who actually produce for the world are being brought down to care for these lazy ones. Its 100% laziness, guaranteed lol.

@@buk6708 Can’t disagree with you but won’t go so far as to fully agree either. While yeah CVS manager isn’t a high level position, it should at the very least come with a livable wage. Shouldn’t have to work 3 jobs to barely make it. Something seriously wrong with that.

what would be cheaper then flights to hawaii would be them getting jobs and be a credit to society.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

The homeless will just keep moving further down the highway to a place where there are no boulders. It' just like the border wall with Mexico. People keep walking until they find an opening.

And they will get $300.00 / month from the state of Hawaii... it would not be too bad if they took all the idiots from Multnomah County with them

@@yettimannettii2039 why don't you try hiring a few?

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Yes. Boulders on the side of the highway in a part of the U.S. where the roadways get covered with "ice" in the winter. What could possibly go wrong?

Until you accidentally hit one of them cause they stand so far into the road when begging. Then you have to live with the consequences even though it wasn't your fault.

@@GrumpyWolfTech In some Portland residential neighborhoods, vagrants that camp on sidewalks, driveways, or lawns, are threatening homeowners with violence. There have been reports of vagrants pulling guns on homeowners and threatening to burn down their house if they call the police to remove them. So, I think the area along the highway is a better place for them to be, than in residential neighborhoods.

Save some for those fleeing across the Columbia River to Clark County, WA. Organized crime is criss-crossing for a reason, and using the homeless as a protective front.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

pummel them in the head with rocks for leaving Oregon ?? LOL

Yep, you can see the infection starting in eastern Beaverton. The stinks are migrating.

These boulders are going to create automobile fatalities when vehicles slide off the road in hazardous winter driving conditions.

My thoughts exactly which is why we should start thinking about dispossessing the wealthy and giving that money to people who actually create value with actual utility for most people.

Reminds of "The Silhouttes" classic 1957 hit: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r9l7m8WSsd-tdqs.html Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na, ahh-do Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na Ahh, yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip-yip Mum-mum-mum-mum-mum-mum, get a job Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na A person receives what they earn, not what they believe they are entitled. When an individual says we should "dispossess the wealthy" is just another term for someone acting they deserve something for no reason or justification. Entitlement.

Sadly it’s not always that easy.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

@@sieda666 And these people are creating value?

Brilliant

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

There's plenty of people that work and live in a van because they don't earn enough. They aren't on the sidewalks but in parking lots. Soon that will become an issue of complaint.

Sprinkler systems require regular maintenance and are not cost effective to install except in small areas. As a former road construction and city planner, they are are not designed for highways, interstates, turnabout, or on ramps. They can be used for traffic circles. Rock and distribution is cheap, no maintenance.

@@The_Black_Knight Well, if it works. Seems like they would just camp out on the rocks. Of course, I'm for VAGRANCY LAWS, like sane governments have. But lacking sane laws, I'm on board with any plan that works.

You are so very correct. There is a LOT of help in this country for those who want it and want to help themselves. The majority of "homeless" have chosen their lifestyle over living with rules and responsibilities.

These idiots really think the Road departments are going to build homes and house homeless. Like they have an entire Residential division and got a bunch of real estate agents finding people to get these free homes. Its insane, virtue signaling losers and lazy homeless.

Veterans just as civilians can get assistance in WA or OR quite directly. I have helped several personally, if they ask and confirm their status. The problem is most are not veterans or were dishonorably discharged. Veterans are NOT the primarily composition of vagrants in the PNW.

@@The_Black_Knight Well, I do agree with you there.

It is much more likely a homeless walks into the interstate causing multiple car collisions, delays, or worse, as it has already happened on BOTH I-5 and I-205. Personally witnessed.

@@The_Black_Knight Not saying that is no problem, just that they're creating another problem addressing it this way.

or even a quadruple trailer. Imagine what an octuple will turn into.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Build The Wall !!!

LGB FJB !

Yes. Not to mention that vehicles "slide off the highway" during the winter in Oregon. Now these vehicles are going to slam into all of these boulders. What an ingenious idea to create such a hazardous condition on the sides of the highways.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Is Hardesty gone or does it still have a commisioners seat on 4th Ave?

@@yettimannettii2039 Election-wise, Hardesty is out, Gonzalez is in. Not sure when Gonzalez actually takes over for the "Pred4tor" lookalike Hardesty. But, it seems the commissioner-based form of government in Portland is on it's last legs, and scheduled for a new form of government sometime in 2024.

All that putting boulders along the highway does is compel the homeless to "move back into the city", where they're a nuisance.

@Scorch1028 ...but it does sort of keep the drug addled and suicidal ones a little bit farther away from freeway speed vehicles, thus reducing pedestrian/vehicle fatalities of those crossing multi-lane roadways to get to their cardboard condo.

Well go help them !! Get some kots and set them up and your home. Give them the mental support they need. Get them jobs. HELP THEM !!!

@@yettimannettii2039 Well, if you like to drive, then go make your own car. Go mine the iron ore, set up a car plant and DO IT!!!

@@yettimannettii2039 You're worse than Liberal Habitat for Humanity. "Duh, poor people can make their own house, even though they aren't trained carpenters."

@@johndodson8464 From wanting help for the homeless to go mine ore and make your own car. You want help for the homeless but wont do a single thing. This is the very exact reply I expected from a lib socialist. You just proved how much of a hypocrit you are. Good job !!!

​@@johndodson8464 You said "We should go help them"... but now you are saying they can build their own house? Are you completely mad? Are you off your meds?

If you saw the multi-vehicle collision on I-205 when a homeless man walked into the interstate, you would speak differently. Very effective for purpose.

@@The_Black_Knight Those people are still on the street, so they will probably just move their camp elsewhere along the highway. This is an expensive and short sighted effort that only serves to address a symptom of the problem. Another report said that this project cost hundreds of thousands dollars. It's shameful.

Help them with what? More free tents and tarps to litter the city more. There's more than enough help for the homeless maybe That is why Portland has so many. Services cheap drugs

@@dennisgolden7596 This was funded with our tax dollars. I'm sure we could find a better use of our money, than some rocks to sit under the highway. Wheeler's plan for professionally managed camping sites needs more funding. There is also a disconnect between the available services and those in need. We could've spent this money to help people access our existing services. A lot of these people clearly need some help. But, I'm sure your conscious is easier to keep clean when these people are out of sight. So let's spend six figures on some rock to kick this can further down the road.

Knowledge is power, ignorance is stupidity. Expand your consideration. A scientific study is not required, as it is actually quite common. Many countries outside the United States that have large coastlines and major highways use boulders not just for wave breaking, river / land erosion, or amphibious invasion protection, but discouragement of illegal camping on government / private owned property in densely population regions on beaches and roads. This applies to US National Parks as well. It prevents "squatter camps" due to poverty and traffic problems. The reason is simple, rock, hauling,, and dumping is cheap. You don't need a HIAX, just a pneumatic dump truck. A good, basic example is use in Southeast Asia countries such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. If you watch closely in the US travelling, it is also a common practice. Portland has not been a Rose City in close to a decade. City of Garbage, City on Fire, City of Ashes, now Portland City, as referred in the Old West.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Are you not part of Oregon?

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Who pays?

Homes first No get off the drugs first! Open heart equals an open wallet

They don't care who pays. Major problem.

Comparing other humans to animals? What a psychotic thing to do. Seek help before you hurt yourself or someone else.

@@guyman9514 You need the help!

@@MrDan1509 I’d love to know why think that? Cuz I’m not the one comparing other humans to animals.

@@guyman9514 Homo sapiens are very dangerous animals. When a person is desperate, starving, freezing, overheated, thirsty, drug induced delerium, or overcome by mental illness, they will do anything to survive. ANYTHING. They DO NOT care. They will kill, and risk their life to be killed just for another meal, or drug "fix". The world is not a comfortable, snuggly place. It is hard, miserable, and unforgiving. Many countries outside the United States still use debtor's prisons and poor houses effectively. If you want a place to sleep, food to eat, and clothes to wear, YOU MUST WORK. IF you are accepted to be allowed in the first place, which is NOT guaranteed.This is a privilege, not a right. Hard times create strong men, Strong men create soft times, Soft times create weak men, Weak men create hard times.

@@guyman9514 He is comparing Apples to Apples.. But that's obviously over your head. Now...where did the Human diverged from....I'll be waiting!

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Who pays?

@@kennethdowning4417 You are paying . Read the description. "Taxpayer dollars to install these boulders".

Nothing is free rocks are a lot cheaper. Why house a druggie? So the taxpayers can basically pay for their Housing food medical care oh drugs also.

Many homeless in the world want much more than freedom. I encourage travel beyond the borders of the United States for knowledge. Relocation does not solve issues, reformation and education does.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Why the Salton Sea? Why California. How about the old rajnesh sex compound in Oregon? It's all ready to go. They can create a farm and live off the land. We created reservations for the natives in 1851. How about reservations for the homeless. How many acres would it take to give homes to the homeless in Oregon?

Oh that is a real good idea. What could go wrong? Sounds like a real Paradise you're dreaming of

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

And where would these homeless camps be built? Doubt anyone wants homeless drug addicts living in tiny home near them especially when the flow of homeless is endless. The problem is very complex.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

@@JC-kv1vn So, the homeless person calls the police? How do you think that is going to work out?

you can go help them instead of your little feel good speech on youtube?

@@buk6708 I already volunteer.

@@JackMenendez awesome

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all day long. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. If they are aggressive, screaming, talking gibberish, talking to imaginary people, they are on meth and wasp dope. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and schizophrenia after only one dosage. Street addicts gradually destroy everything. Police does not apply any laws on street homeless unless they spill blood.

I see people walking across the lanes of I-5 fairly often on my way to work these days. In my opinion, it’s very dangerous for the homeless & car drivers if people literally live on the freeways. I believe at least four people have been ran over & killed on the freeways in the Portland area due to homeless folks living on the freeway in the past two years alone. I also don’t like that these homeless folks consider the property surrounding the freeways as their own person trash cans. Also, The City of Portland has spent over a billion dollars on the homeless crisis since 2012 and according to this very new source - there isn’t a single homeless shelter above 50 percent occupancy in the Portland area & according to KGW there is between 220-250 available shelter beds that anyone can use free of charge, but you do have to follow some rules & that’s why the majority of the homeless won’t utilize free & available shelter beds. Honest question for you - how & why is it ODOT’s responsibility to find homes or shelters for the homeless? Personally, I miss the days of personal responsibility.

I don't think that putting boulders on the edge of the highway works. What happens during the winter, when motorists slide on the ice and "slam into the boulders" on the side of the highway? Serious injury and death. That's what happens.

the DOT's job is to build highways...... Why do you think a road/logistics department has the ability to house homeless? I know its hard for you to think, I know, but do you want them to build some nice 400k houses on the highway and give them out? lol, many Oregon is lost lol.

Where do you propose these shelters be placed?

@@yettimannettii2039 I'm not familiar enough with the greater Portland area to suggest a specific location. However, what makes sense to me is to utilize empty covered outdoor or indoor areas. Access to public transit and healthcare, community bathrooms/showers/laundry and a place to get warm and get food should also be part of any plan. The Pallet system shelters made in Washington State seem to be a great stepping stone to more permanent housing options. A large parking lot for those who are living in thier vehicles with the same access to community resources would be another easy starting point.