The Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation will finally take public testimony on House Bill 2098 By Nigel Jaquiss April 25, 2023 — Willamette Week Although the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation is grappling with whether and how to fund two megaprojects on Interstate 5 in Portland (the proposed $1.45 billion expansion of the freeway at the Rose Quarter...
Reducing Congestion and Funding Construction Can’t Be Achieved With Tolling From The Political Center at PacWest Lobby Full disclosure: The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is not to blame for all its fiscal problems. The legislature is primarily responsible as the dealer that got the agency addicted to bonded indebtedness. As chairman of the Senate...
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...
NEW GAS TAX, TOLLING, AUTO FEE FOR $7B BRIDGE Monday March 27, 2023 By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com The Oregonian reports on the Legislature’s Joint Transportation Committee draft budget to replace Oregon’s Interstate 5 Bridge over the Columbia River, “The plan proposes bonding against $700 million of state highway user tax revenue from the Oregon Department...
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...
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...
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...
WORKERS PRESSURE EMPLOYERS TO PAY THEIR TOLLS Oregon Catalyst Wednesday February 22, 2023 By Taxpayers Association of Oregon OregonWatchdog.com Already the calls are coming in from workers who want their employers to pay for their tolls if Oregon enacts tolling later this year. Some estimates put the daily commute, both ways, at a total cost...
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