Willamette Week

Murmurs: Metro Mulls Payroll Tax

In other news: Hardesty powers up.

Murmurs: Rose Quarter Project Turns Thorny

In other news: Portland Community College makes a land grab.

Critics of ODOT’s I-5 Rose Quarter Project Believe The Agency Will Conduct A Full Environmental Impact Statement

They reached that conclusion after an Aug. 7 meeting with senior ODOT staff and Oregon Transportation Commissioners.

The Portland Trail Blazers Don’t Like the Look of the Interstate 5 Widening

The new highway design would block the route from Moda Center’s parking garages to the highway, trapping fans near the arena for nearly an hour after games.

2016 Mayoral Candidate Sarah Iannarone Will Run Again Against Mayor Ted Wheeler

In an open letter, Iannarone criticizes the mayor for failing to live up to “rhetoric of progressivism.”

The Blazers Are Showing Road Games Against the Warriors Outdoors in the Rose Quarter

The parties are free. Home game tickets? That’s another story.

Oregon Officials Push Forward Plans to Widen Interstate 5 Despite Environmental Concerns

Regional government agency Metro and the Oregon Department of Transportation are pushing forward with plans to widen Interstate 5 despite opposition.

The Only Way to Save Interstate 5 in the Rose Quarter May Be to Bury It

Local officials have quietly thrown their weight behind a plan to build a new neighborhood above the highway.

Will the $500 Million Rose Quarter Project Grow, Not Shrink?

There’s renewed pressure to support the concept championed by Albina Vision to correct the past mistakes with the construction of the I-5 project.

City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Is Latest Official to Question Oregon Department of Transportation Over Highway Project

In a letter, Eudaly, who is the city’s transportation commissioner, tells the Oregon Transportation Commission, which sets transportation policy, that she does not believe ODOT will implement tolling before the project is completed, as required by City Council.

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