Several months before the inauguration of MAX, Metro—the successor to CRAG—renewed talks about extending light rail from Portland to Milwaukie and to Oregon City via McLoughlin Boulevard and proposed converting the partially built I-205 Transitway between Portland International Airport and Clackamas Town Center from a busway into another light rail line. By this time, TriMet had already prioritized planning for a westside extension of MAX to Hillsboro in Washington County. Noting federal funds could only be spent on one light rail project at a time, Metro's Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation (JPACT) made the I-205 line their next priority after the westside line due to the existing I-205 Transitway right-of-way; the McLoughlin Boulevard line became JPACT's third priority. Despite this decision, Clackamas County officials went on to dispute the federal money, including $17 million in excess funds that had been allocated to the partially realized I-205 Transitway. To settle the issue, Metro released a regional transportation plan (RTP) that reasserted the westside line's priority in January 1989.