By Joe Cortright — City Observatory 16.5.2023 The Oregon Department of Transportation maintains that it will use tolls to pay for the I-5 Rose Quarter Freeway widening project, but that it doesn’t need to evaluate tolling as part of the project’s environmental assessment because tolling isn’t “reasonably foreseeable.” Tolls can’t be both “available” and...
Governor follows lead of legislators seeking 2-year pause By Corey Buchanan May 2, 2023 (Portland Tribune) Following the bill proposed last week by local legislators calling for a tolling moratorium, Gov. Tina Kotek has apparently initiated the delay herself. A joint release from Senate President Rob Wagner, D-Lake Oswego, and Oregon House Speaker Dan Rayfield,...
“The most fiscally irresponsible legislation I have seen before an Oregon legislative committee.” No Tolls staff The Oregon legislature’s Joint Committee on Transportation held its first public hearing of the 2023 legislative session on Thursday evening, April 27th. The 12 member committee said the purpose of the hearing was to listen regarding the various proposals...
A bipartisan rebellion is breaking out along the highway as affected communities feel unheard. By Nigel Jaquiss — Willamette Week April 27, 2023 By Nigel Jaquiss April 27, 2023 at 11:44 am PDT On the eve of a much-anticipated public hearing on the controversial $6.5 billion Interstate Bridge replacement project, three Clackamas County lawmakers have introduced...
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...
A bill that would block tolling on I-5 and I-205 is the latest obstacle for the transportation agency. By Nigel Jaquiss — February 22, 2023 (Willamette Week) The Oregon Department of Transportation is working toward funding two big projects in Salem this legislative session. Although the widening of Interstate 5 at the Rose Quarter and the...
$30 a day round trip between Vancouver and Wilsonville By Joe Cortright — Feb 11, 2023 (City Observatory) Under ODOT’s toll plans, A driving from Wilsonville to Vancouver will cost you as much as $15, each-way, at the peak hour. Drive from Vancouver to a job in Wilsonville? Get ready to shell out as much...
Comments from Cascade Policy Institute Eric Fruits, Ph.D., Vice President of Research Oregon Department of Transportation Regional Mobility Pricing Project January 6, 2023 The Oregon Department of Transportation proposes to toll all lanes of traffic on I-5 and I-205 from Wilsonville to the State of Washington border. ODOT expects to impose the first tolls by...
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