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Portland Advocacy Groups Sue Feds to Force a Closer Study of Pollution and Carbon From an Expanded I-5 in the Rose Quarter

The lawsuit says the feds rubber-stamped an incomplete and porous assessment last October.

Leaders Reviewing ODOT’s Latest Design for I-5 Through the Rose Quarter All Make the Same Demand: Cap It

Everybody wants caps above the highway to restore the Albina neighborhood.

ODOT Proposes Dedicated Bus Lanes on I-5 in the Rose Quarter. But Who Asked for Them?

“I’m not sure why this is there.”

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.

Willamette Week

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