Salem to work with ODOT on Center Street encampment cleanup

Starting this week, the city of Salem’s police and resource teams will begin working alongside the Oregon Department of Transportation as it clears homeless encampments underneath the Center Street bridge on both sides of Northeast Front Street.

The collaboration comes as city leaders approach a finalized agreement with the state that will allow city teams to enforce trespassing on state property.

ODOT typically clears the encampments every six weeks on a schedule. In the past…