With the Regional Mobility Pricing Projects being slated to start in about a year and a half on I-5 and I-205, ODOT is now studying Highway 217 and Highway 26 for tolling in the aftermath of the RMPP. You think you hate it now? Wait till you have to pay for it. For more information...
Revenues not keeping pace with inflation due to increases in vehicle fuel efficiency By Jim Redden Dec 6, 2023 Portland Tribune The vast majority of Pamplin Media Group readers are opposed to tolling freeways in the greater Portland region to finance improvement projects and reduce congestion, according to a recent unscientific online survey. The Oregon...
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...
Political leaders and residents of West Linn are frustrated by a recent ODOT survey, which they said didn’t allow them to express discontentment over future tolls. By Author: Thomas Shults at KGW News Published: September 29, 2023 WEST LINN, Ore. — West Linn residents are frustrated over a recent survey from the Oregon Department of Transportation...
Truckers supported HB 2017 because it added freeway lanes, now eliminated Monday, September 25, 2023 By John Ley for Clark County Today There was a lot of “truth telling” by the elected representatives of small cities along I-205 at the Tualatin Chamber of Commerce breakfast meeting Friday morning. The chamber hosted a gathering of key...
Letter: How fair are fares? By Mike Terry, Brush Prairie Published: April 27, 2023 The Columbian believes tolling on the Interstate 5 Bridge is “fiscally responsible, sensible and equitable” because users should pay their fair share. “Just as those who purchase gas pay more for road maintenance through gas taxes, residents who use the bridge should pay a...
With looming debt and limited income are the OTC and ODOT willing to lose tolling? By TUALATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE APR 10, 2023 In Short Article 1 – The Oregon and Washington Legislators are currently working on a tolling agreement for the I-5 Bridge… and approval is eminent. This agreement enables them to agree upon...
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