What City Observatory Did This Week The Oregon Department of Transportation can and should mitigate the negative impacts of its highway construction projects, including social and economic impacts. ODOT’s massive $1.9 billion I-5 Rose Quarter
The Week Observed, May 17, 2024 Read Post »
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) has proposed a $1.9 billion freeway widening project for Portland’s Rose Quarter. The agency proposes to cover a portion of the freeway in what it calls “restorative justice” for
Oregon DOT can and should mitigate past damage from highways Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week Another Oregon Department of Transportation exploding whale.*Â The cost of one of OregonDOT’s megaprojects, the expansion of the I-205 Abernethy Bridge over the Willamette River south of Portland just
The Week Observed, May 10, 2024 Read Post »
The $7.5 Billion Interstate Bridge Project is two years behind schedule IBR’s Draft SEIS was supposed to be complete in December 2022—It now won’t be done before December 2024. This two-year delay means the environmental
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Oregon DOT’s I-205 Abernethy Bridge rebuild, advertised as costing $248 million, will really cost $750 million The project’s estimated cost has tripled in just over five years, and still has further cost overrun risk ODOT’s
Abernethy Bridge Cost Triples to $750 million Read Post »
What City Observatory Did This Week Beware of phony claims that highway projects are “On-time and Under-Budget.” For highway departments, the key to being on-time and under-budget is Orwellian double-speak. Oregon DOT projects are always
The Week Observed, May 3, 2024 Read Post »
