Drivers could be paying 16 times more each year to cross the Columbia River on I-5 Thursday, October 24, 2024 — Clark County Today John Ley For Clark County Today The average Washington state citizen pays $146.40 a year in Washington state gas taxes according to one report. Under the possible tolling scenarios under discussion by...
Freight haulers could pay up to four times that amount in ‘pre-completion’ tolling John Ley for Clark County Today A subcommittee of Washington and Oregon Transportation Commissions met to discuss tolling on the Interstate 5 Bridge. Tolling would begin “pre completion” of the Interstate Bridge replacement project, with further escalation of toll prices once the...
While the rules are primarily aimed at the Interstate Bridge, both the current and the new, they could be made to apply anywhere else in the state. Author: Pat Dooris — KGW News Published: September 4, 2024 SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation put out proposed rules Monday that would shape the future...
Tolls could be three times the amount originally borrowed Thursday, May 2, 2024 — Clark County Today John Ley for Clark County Today Paying off a transportation credit card with tolling is expensive. Washington state’s experience with the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (TNB) is on track to spend nearly three times the amount originally borrowed. Tolling...
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...
Big regional employers and population growth in Washington County have made gridlock west of Portland an increasing issue. Officials think tolling is one solution. By Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt KGW News, March 26, 2024 PORTLAND, Ore. — Tolling in Oregon has become a bit like Schrödinger’s cat — at any given time, it’s simultaneously alive...
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...
85% against tolling; 2% undecided By Jules Rogers, Canby Herald Mar 18, 2024 Your Oregon News asked readers in an unofficial survey where they stand on halting the toll plan. This comes after Gov. Tina Kotek said she plans to halt tolling work indefinitely, but it should still be expected someday. About 85% of readers...
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...
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