High level talks next month will decide fate of I-5 Rose Quarter project
What’s really going on with the controversial I-5 Rose Quarter project?
I-5 Rose Quarter Project
Willamette Week: ODOT will complete environmental impact statement for I-5 Rose Quarter project
In what would be a stunning development, the Willamette Week is reporting that the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) plans to do a full Environmental Impact Statement for their I-5 Rose Quarter Project. Here’s the scoop from the Willamette Week reporter Nigel Jaquiss: Critics of the proposed $450 million-dollar expansion of Interstate 5 through the … Read more
Mayor Wheeler touts need for better bikeways, transit at ‘Climate Crisis’ panel in DC
What he mentioned, and what he didn’t.
Wheeler, Peterson seize Albina Vision as justification for I-5 freeway expansion
Metro President Lynn Peterson and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler have found a politically convenient way out of the predicament posed by the very unpopular I-5 Rose Quarter Project: the Albina Vision plan. Drowning in a sea of controversy around the idea of expanding a freeway through our central city, both leaders have made this plan … Read more
Commissioner Eudaly pushes tolls instead of new lanes on I-5 through Rose Quarter
Another brick in the wall to stop this project.
Albina Vision Trust adds voice to growing concerns over ODOT’s I-5 project with call for full EIS
Lids and mere ‘lip service’ to the community are sticking points.
The Street Trust is ‘alarmed’ by I-5 Rose Quarter project, joins calls for expanded environmental analysis
Oregon’s largest active transportation advocacy group is the latest to request that the Oregon Department of Transportation complete a full Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for their I-5 Rose Quarter project. In a letter dated today, The Street Trust’s Executive Director Jillian Detweiler says an EIS is needed, “So that project impacts and mitigation can be … Read more
ODOT’s I-5 expansion would cast even larger shadow over Eastbank Esplanade
With so many inconvenient truths brought to light recently about the Oregon Department of Transportation’s plans to expand the I-5 freeway, one of the most disturbing is the fact that it would cast an even larger shadow over the Eastbank Esplanade.
Why does Oregon State Senator Lew Frederick support a freeway expansion in his district?
It’s just a small section of freeway.
PBOT’s biking and walking committees oppose I-5 Rose Quarter project
The longer it festers in the sun, the worse it looks.