IP-4 will guarantee a Vote Before Tolls By Tootie Smith Nov 28, 2023 Portland Tribune Plans are underway to toll the essential freeways we rely on every day in Clackamas County for our transportation needs, but we can stop it! Some people might not know this, but the Portland metropolitan area is already under study...
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...
FHWA charged with rubber stamping process By Priscilla DeGregory — NY Post July 21, 2023 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy filed a federal lawsuit Friday to block a contentious plan to impose the nation’s first congestion pricing toll system on some of Manhattan’s busiest streets. The Garden State governor’s suit in New Jersey federal...
Ever wonder how all the transportation monies get spent… well, get in line… TUALATIN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JUL 24, 2023 — Oregon Tolling Updates From New York to Seattle, across the Golden Plains… in what sounds like a Lee Greenwood song, raising money for transportation seems to be a theme song. In Manhattan it’s...
Hartman: Impossible to toll I-205 bridge without causing irreparable damage Raymond Rendleman May 31, 2023 Portland Tribune An official for Oregon’s transportation agency acknowledged that ODOT’s overly bureaucratic attitude toward tolling freeways had “missed the mark” in earning the public’s trust and creating meaningful community engagement surrounding regional traffic issues. “We have to own a little...
Oregon Tolling Proposal May Be Out of Compliance with Federal Law, Chavez-DeRemer Warns By Lori Chavez Deremer — June 2, 2023 As a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, this week I raised concerns with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) regarding the Oregon Department of Transportation’s (ODOT) proposal...
Clackamas County officials found plenty of shortcomings in the ODOT I-205 Tolling Project Environmental Assessment Tootie Smith, Paul Savas, Martha Schrader, Mark Shull, Ben West, Brian Hodson, Michael Milch, Joe Buck, Denyse McGriff and Frank Bubenik (members of the Clackamas County Commission) May 23, 2023 — Canby Herald Toll collections are paused, but our work...
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