Vote Before Tolls initiative aims for November 2024 ballot By Holly Bartholomew Canby Herald Feb 2, 2024 As the Oregon Department of Transportation plans to toll I-205 and I-5 beginning in 2026, a group of Clackamas County residents is hoping to stop the agency in its tracks. The Vote Before Tolls initiative, which organizers are hoping to place...
Tolling traffic diversion likely to get worse without new lanes on I-205 Tuesday, September 19, 2023 Clark County Today By John Ley for Clark County Today Recent news reports indicate the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) “indefinitely pauses I-205 projects, tolling,” and another stated “scrapping tolling on an I-205 bridge, even as it moves forward with tolling...
Clackamas County officials found plenty of shortcomings in the ODOT I-205 Tolling Project Environmental Assessment Tootie Smith, Paul Savas, Martha Schrader, Mark Shull, Ben West, Brian Hodson, Michael Milch, Joe Buck, Denyse McGriff and Frank Bubenik (members of the Clackamas County Commission) May 23, 2023 — Canby Herald Toll collections are paused, but our work...
Opinion: Initiative remains fallback option for stopping Interstate 205 tolling By Scott Hays, March 23, 2023 (Canby Herald) Recent opinion author Elvis Clark’s suggestion that Senate Bill 933 is doomed to failure, either because it will not pass in the Oregon Legislature or will be vetoed by the governor, is a prime example of a...
Opinion: Initiative petition is the only way to stop I-205 tolling By Elvis Clark Mar 6, 2023 (Canby Herald) State Sen. Mark Meek’s bill to stop tolling is a false hope for those Oregonians opposed to the tolling of I-205 and I-5. Meek’s bill if passed by the legislature will most likely be vetoed by...
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...
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