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Portland City Council Tells Bureaucrats to Stop Replying to Emails About Rose Quarter Highway Project

Local officials rapidly revoked their support for the project last week, following the lead of Albina Vision Trust.

Black Neighborhood Advocates Just Blocked a Freeway Project. Two Key Players Explain Why.

They want to restore the largest Black neighborhood in Portland, a neighborhood that was displaced by civic urban renewal policies of the latter half of the last century.

Racial Justice Group Albina Vision Trust Withdraws Its Support for I-5 Rose Quarter Expansion

It’s a significant development for the potentially billion dollar project.

Two Key Indicators Suggest More Oregonians Are Staying Neither Home Nor Safe

Traffic and police data “suggests the stay-at-home order is not being adhered to as closely as it was in prior weeks.”

Portland City Hall Objects to Widening Highway Above Eastbank Esplanade

That could be a significant blow to the Oregon Department of Transportation’s plans.

Eastbank Esplanade May Be the Tool Portland Critics Use to Fight the Billion-Dollar Expansion of I-5

That project could require adding yards of concrete that would loom over the esplanade.

State Officials Explain Why the Price Tag for I-5’s Expansion Through the Rose Quarter Spiked

Critics want further environmental study before ODOT does anything.

Oregon Transportation Commission Denies Hiding I-5 Costs

What did they know, and when did they know it?

The Cost of Expanding I-5 at the Rose Quarter Project Rises $250 Million, to as Much as $795 Million

Draft copy of report due to the legislature in Feb., the Oregon Department of Transportation is reports that the state should expect to spend between $715 million and $795 million by 2022, not the original $450 million estimated in 2017.

Murmurs: Antifa Makes Playboy

In other news: Sobering center set to close.

Willamette Week

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