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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

What City Observatory Did This Week Still Unaccountable:  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

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

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 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 giving it billions more will fuel further

What City Observatory Did This Week Seattle just put the finishing touches on a new 2.7 mile subway connecting some of its hottest neighborhoods:  unfortunately, its only built to carry stormwater runoff, not people, even