I-5 bridge tolling is expected to bring in $1.1-1.6 billion, and the original legislation would’ve authorized up to $1.6 billion in debt. Now? Up to $2.5 billion. Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW) Published: April 17, 2025 OLYMPIA, Wash. — The start of tolling for the Interstate Bridge Replacement project is only about a year away, and the Washington legislature...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Challenges larger than the benefits governor claims By John Ley for Clark County Today In a major victory for Oregon residents, especially citizens of Clackamas County along the southern I-205 corridor, Governor Tina Kotek canceled one component of tolling for I-5 and I-205 in the state. More specifically, she ended ODOT’s efforts in the Regional...
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...
Bridge tolls would begin in April 2026 during construction and run for 35 to 40 years Monday, February 26, 2024 By John Ley for Clark County Today Six years ago, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) created a “Value Pricing” Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) to discuss tolling issues and allow for public input. That process...
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