“They go through a process and they don’t really care. That’s the bottom line.” By Corey Buchanan Mar 8, 2023 (Portland Tribune) Major highways looping around the Portland metro area are seriously being considered for tolls as part of a regional transportation funding solution. PMG file photo Like some of its counterparts regionally, the Lake...
Tolls in Oregon move closer to reality with ODOT’s release of environmental assessment report
NewsMarch 9, 2023
Tuesday, the public comment period is now open for the I-205 toll project. Jules Rogers — Feb 21, 2023 (Portland Tribune) (ODOT graphic) Tolling in Oregon is moving forward — and coming soon to bridges along I-205. Tuesday, Feb. 21, the I-205 Toll Project Environment Assessment report from the Oregon Department of Transportation and the...
SEN. BONHAM: TOLLING UPDATE
NewsMarch 7, 2023
Saturday March 4, 2023 — Oregon Catalyst By Oregon State Senator Dan Bonham, Tolls are imminent in Oregon as two new tolls are planned for I-205 early next year. I am a Chief Sponsor of a bipartisan bill to prevent tolls on I-205 and I-5. Here is one of the many recent articles about it. In the case of the coming...
ODOT is moving forward with tolls on Portland-area interstates, but a new bill would limit tolls to the I-5 Columbia River crossing. By: Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt (KGW TV) Published: March 2, 2023 SALEM, Ore. — Despite growing resistance, the Oregon Department of Transportation has been moving inexorably forward with new tolls for I-205 and I-5 around...
ODOT Has Big Ambitions in Salem This Session, but Its Path to Success Is Getting Steeper
NewsFebruary 26, 2023
A bill that would block tolling on I-5 and I-205 is the latest obstacle for the transportation agency. By Nigel Jaquiss — February 22, 2023 (Willamette Week) The Oregon Department of Transportation is working toward funding two big projects in Salem this legislative session. Although the widening of Interstate 5 at the Rose Quarter and the...
$30 a day round trip between Vancouver and Wilsonville By Joe Cortright — Feb 11, 2023 (City Observatory) Under ODOT’s toll plans, A driving from Wilsonville to Vancouver will cost you as much as $15, each-way, at the peak hour. Drive from Vancouver to a job in Wilsonville? Get ready to shell out as much...
ODOT’s In A Tolling Hole, And It Needs To Stop Digging
NewsFebruary 25, 2023
Comments from Cascade Policy Institute Eric Fruits, Ph.D., Vice President of Research Oregon Department of Transportation Regional Mobility Pricing Project January 6, 2023 The Oregon Department of Transportation proposes to toll all lanes of traffic on I-5 and I-205 from Wilsonville to the State of Washington border. ODOT expects to impose the first tolls by...
Tolls are coming to Portland-area freeways, and even tolling fans worry they’ll stack up
NewsFebruary 13, 2023
The George Abernethy Bridge carries I-205 over the Willamette River between Oregon City and West Linn, seen from the air on Wed., Feb. 8, 2023.Dave Killen / The Oregonian By Jayati Ramakrishnan | The Oregonian/OregonLive Originally published Feb. 11, 2023 on OregonLive In less than two years, the Oregon Department of Transportation will introduce the...
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