By Martha Schrader Jan. 12, 2024 Portland Tribune Clackamas County residents and elected officials on Jan. 6 drove their message home about the negative impacts of ODOT’s proposed I-205 tolling plan at the listening session in Gladstone hosted by our legislature’s Special Subcommittee on Transportation Planning. In two hours of impassioned testimony, we...
Clackamas County Commission is supporting Initiative Petition 4 By Raymond Rendleman Jan 6, 2024 Canby Herald Do you oppose the “unending bureaucratic extortion” that state officials propose through tolling freeways in Oregon? Asked the question by an angry citizen, scores in the audience raised their hands to protest ODOT’s push for tolling during a...
‘Twas the night before Christmas as told by Vote Before Tolls Committee ’Twas the night before Christmas, and all though the landODOT was scheming, with a toll plan so grand;The Interstates and highways were not to be spared,nor new bridges of grandeur, lest ODOT’s coffers be bare; The ’17 legislature met and set up a...
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...
Tualatin Chamber hosts “Key Leaders” discussion on tolling By Ray Pitz — Portland Tribune Sept. 26, 2023 Local leaders, state representatives and transportation officials continue to discuss the pitfalls — and merits — of plans to toll along Interstates 205 and 5 between the Columbia River and Wilsonville. On Friday, Sept. 22, the Tualatin Chamber...
ODOT pushing ahead with tolls for I-205 and I-5 By Holly Bartholomew Sep 18, 2023 Portland Tribune Though Gov. Tina Kotek has put tolling on pause until 2026, the Oregon Department of Transportation is still moving forward with two projects (and a third in partnership with the state of Washington for the Interstate Bridge) that will...
Multiple tolling projects may begin at same time Monday, July 24, 2023 — The Reflector Rick Bannan / rick@thereflector.com One of the largest sources of funding to replace the aging Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River will tax travelers a few bucks as they cross the water. During its meeting July 18, the Washington...
ODOT says rising construction costs and a delay in the start of regional freeway tolling have created funding gaps for both the Rose Quarter and I-205 projects. By Anthony Macuk (KGW) June 28, 2023 SALEM, Ore. — The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program secured a key piece of funding this week to keep the project on track, but...
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