The transportation agency’s financial picture is dire. House Republicans will have a big say in any new funding package BREEZE: Kite boarder with Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge, Hood River. (Brian Burk) By Nigel Jaquiss — Willamette Week October 06, 2024 Since June, the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation has been traveling the state to building support for a...
Governors in Oregon and New York stop unpopular congestion tolling John Ley for Clark County Today Thursday, June 6, 2024 Tolling cars and trucks to pay for mass transit was killed in New York City this week by New York Governor Kathy Hochul. The congestion pricing scheme was going to charge car drivers $15 each...
Urges the governor and state officials to kill these proposals permanently Monday April 15, 2024 By Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer Press Release, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05), who led the federal charge against tolling along I-5 and I-205 in the Portland metro area, released the following statement after Governor Tina Kotek announced her decision to halt the plans. “This...
Polls show virtually no one wants Portland freeways tolled By Cam Gilmour Mar 20, 2024 Portland Tribune In a March 11 letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission, Gov. Tina Kotek stated the “state’s path toward implementing tolling in the Portland area is uncertain, at best. Therefore, I believe it is time to bring the agency’s work...
Kotek did not rule out a reconsideration of tolling. Interstate Bridge tolling plans to continue By Corey Buchanan and Raymond Rendleman The Gresham Outlook — Mar 11, 2024 Gov. Tina Kotek plans to halt the state of Oregon’s plans to toll I-5 and I-205 as a way to pay for transportation infrastructure projects. In a...
Kotek said she still wants Oregon and Washington to use tolls for the planned replacement I-5 bridge, but the broader plan to toll I-5 and I-205 should be scrapped. Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), KGW Staff Published: March 11, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek appears to be pulling the plug on a plan to toll...
Gorsek and McLain push for new tolls & expanded commuter rail in 2025 session By Peter Wong Portland Tribune — Feb 12, 2024 Lawmakers seek a study of little-used freight rail corridors in the Portland metro area — plus a new look at commuter rail between Wilsonville and Salem — as part of a planning effort for...
Deep-seated lack of trust in ODOT By Annessa Hartman Portland Tribune Jan 16, 2024 Contrary to popular belief, tolling is not a new topic for Gladstone, Oregon City or West Linn residents. I have been waiting for a robust conversation on tolling for a long time, beginning as a city councilor in beautiful Gladstone, where...
Tolling is beginning to look like a money grab By Cam Gilmour Portland Tribune Jan 16, 2024 On Dec. 14 and Jan. 6 the Oregon Legislature’s special committee on transportation planning held meetings in Wilsonville and Gladstone to hear from the public and local elected officials on tolling. What the committee heard from testimony is no one wants tolls....
‘Twas the night before Christmas as told by Vote Before Tolls Committee ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all though the landODOT was scheming, with a toll plan so grand;The Interstates and highways were not to be spared,nor new bridges of grandeur, lest ODOT’s coffers be bare; The ’17 legislature met and set up a...
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