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.

Murmurs: Rose Quarter Highway Plan Collapses

In other news: Portland’s homeless camp sweeps to resume.

Mayor Ted Wheeler Is Also Withdrawing Support for ODOT’s Rose Quarter Project

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.

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.

Murmurs: Jeremy Christian Trial Opens Contentiously

In other news: The price of wholesale weed rebounds.