This sounds exactly like the failed Columbia River Crossing and now the Interstate Bridge Replacement project. It sounds like what Oregon is cooking up in their plans to TOLL all area freeways. They are cooking up fake data and alleged “benefits” which will only trigger a huge amount of traffic diversion on side roads and...
“Tolls are a regressive tax on poor and working members of our communities” — Senator Bill Kennemer (R-Oregon City) After the June 3rd Emergency Board hearing at the Oregon Legislature, Senator Bill Kennemer (R-Oregon City) decried the party-line vote where the Emergency Board approved $333 million in new bonding debt to pay for I-205 improvements. The plan...
Interstate Bridge Replacement Program bears a resemblance to defunct Columbia River Crossing debacle By Eric Fruits Portland Tribune Are you ready to pay a toll to cross the Columbia River? Tolls are coming to the I-5 and I-205 bridges, and they’re coming more quickly than you would think. Earlier this month, the Oregon Transportation Commission...