Chavez-DeRemer says the tolling projects should be rejected KOIN 6 News — Oct 18, 2023 by: Michaela Bourgeois PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is calling for a review of the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 tolling plans amid concerns over how the projects are being implemented. Following a...
Skepticism from Governor Tina Kotek and state legislators about the Oregon Department of Transportation’s tolling plans may have lasting impacts. By TAYLOR GRIGGS — Portland Mercury May 9, 2023 Construction on I-205 at the Abernethy Bridge. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION To toll or not to toll? That is the question du jour for the Oregon...
Why didn’t ODOT include a non-tolling option for consideration in the project’s impact assessment? By Cam Gilmore — Canby Herald May 4, 2023 (updated May 8th) In what can only be described as relief to Clackamas County residents and other users of Interstate 205, Gov. Tina Kotek’s order will delay tolls on the I-205 Toll...
Time To Sound Off On ODOT’s Tolling Proposal Cascade Policy Institute In about 18 months, Portland-area drivers will be paying the first of many tolls if the Oregon Department of Transportation has its way. By the end of 2024, ODOT plans to toll both the Abernethy Bridge and the Tualatin River Bridges on I-205. Tolls...
ODOT estimates the average household will pay $575 a year just for its first phase of tolls By Eric Fruits — March 15, 2023 (Portland Tribune) In about 18 months, Portland-area drivers will be paying the first of many tolls if the Oregon Department of Transportation has its way. By the end of 2024, ODOT...
Opinion: Is ODOT about to swerve out of its lane with its I-205 Toll Project? By Cam Gilmour March 12, 2023 (Canby Herald) The Oregon Department of Transportation is moving fast in advancing what it’s calling the I-205 Toll Project. Its project name suggests the purpose of the project is to toll. ODOT’s project website...
By Eric Fruits, Ph.D. Feb 22, 2023 (Cascade Policy Institute) This next week is going to be a big week for Oregon’s off-the-rails tolling projects. On Tuesday, the feds released their “Environmental Assessment” for the I-205 tolls. On Friday, a statewide toll advisory committee is meeting. Next Monday, a regional toll advisory committee is meeting. In the Environment...
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...
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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