Why does Oregon’s massive new highway bill make no provision for the rising cost of the state’s most expensive highway project? Why are officials continuing to delay release of new, higher cost estimates that they’ve
The elephant in Hearing Room A Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week ODOT hiding cost overruns. Despite widespread bloviation about the need for “accountability,” the Oregon Department of Transportation is simply, and inexplicably, unaccountable for the spiraling cost of its largest
The Week Observed, June 6, 2025 Read Post »
IBR is once again delaying releasing a new cost estimate for the Interstate Bridge Project. It’s an ominous sign that the cost is going to be much, much higher. IBR leaders have known since January
Another delay for higher IBR costs Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week Still Unaccountable:Â Oregon’s highway department has a cost overrun problem, so naturally they hired consultants to fix it. The twist? Those same consultants have their own impressive track record
The Week Observed, May 30, 2025 Read Post »
A new report purports to provide a roadmap for accountability at the Oregon Department of Transportation. In short, its a work of conflicted consultants, with a long history of cost overruns and excessive spending, offering
Still Unaccountable: The AtkinsRealis-Horrocks Report Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week Unaccountable. The Oregon Department of Transportation is unaccountable for routine cost overruns on major highway projects. Nothing it has done has acknowledged or solved this decades old problem, and
The Week Observed, May 23, 2025 Read Post »
