 State lawmakers and local officials tour a sliding highway in Coos Bay during the statewide transportation tour.
Oregon lawmakers are visiting communities across the state on a 12-stop Statewide Transportation Safety and Sustainability Outreach Tour. The listening tour is gathering feedback and input from the public to inform legislative efforts to develop sufficient and sustainable transportation funding during the 2025 legislative session.
The tour began in Portland in June before heading to the Willamette Valley, the coast, southern Oregon, central Oregon, and eastern Oregon. The tour concludes at the end of September with stops in Happy Valley (Sept. 26) and Hillsboro (Sept. 27).
Read more about the tour here.
 Abernethy Bridge shown with new columns rising out of the Willamette River.
September is National Preparedness Month, which is the perfect time to spotlight the seismic resilience benefits of the Abernethy Bridge construction project. Once complete, the bridge will be the first earthquake-ready highway structure across the Willamette River in the Portland metropolitan region. Learn more here.
Watch the bridge construction progress from our live cameras.
 View of I-5 through the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project area.
New federal funding and approvals from the federal government, regional councils and the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC) have charted a path forward for the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project. The project is closer than ever to reconnecting the historic Albina community and improving travel conditions in the Portland metro region. Read more here.
 As part of replacing the Hall Boulevard overpass in Tigard, crews are building a retaining wall to safely hold the earth in place at the site of the new bridge.
The construction team for the OR 217 Auxiliary Lanes Project continues to maintain multiple work zones and is on track for Dec. 2025 completion. We finished and opened a new 12 ½ foot sidewalk on the Denney Road overpass to safely accommodate people walking and bicycling. We expect to complete work in the next month on the Hall Boulevard overpass in Beaverton and open the new sidewalks and bicycle lanes. These will provide a much-needed connection for people bicycling, walking and rolling on Hall Boulevard between Scholls Ferry Road and Cascade Avenue.
Stay up to date on the project and read construction updates on the project website, as we have several traffic impacts coming up in Sept. affecting OR 217 and highway ramps.
 Project staff tabling at the Canby Farmers Market on August 24.
ODOT will hold a public open house for the I-5 Boone Bridge Replacement Project on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at Wilsonville City Hall (29799 Town Center Loop E, Wilsonville, OR). The meeting will take place from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. with a presentation and Question & Answer at 6 p.m. The open house will focus on the options we evaluated for the future of the Boone Bridge. An online open house featuring the same information will be available on the project website from Sept. 11 - 25.
Read more about how the I-5 Boone Bridge Replacement Project is involving the community in project planning.
In March of this year, ODOT paused work on various elements of Oregon's toll program. This included indefinitely pausing work on any tolling of I-205 Abernethy Bridge and halting work entirely on the Regional Mobility Pricing Project, which was exploring tolling all of I-5 and I-205 on the Oregon side of the Portland metro region. The only tolled facility moving forward is the Interstate Bridge Replacement program, which would be tolled by the Washington State Department of Transportation, with toll rates and policies jointly set by the Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) and the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC). To follow this process, subscribe to updates from the Bi-state tolling subcommittee, made up of members from OTC and WSTC as they continue to discuss the toll rates and policies related to the Interstate Bridge.
ODOT paused further work on the rules until we could determine what portion of the rules need to move forward. We have developed a limited set of proposed rule updates for a public comment process.
These limited toll rules are based on the draft rules that the Statewide Toll Rulemaking Advisory Committee helped ODOT develop for tolling. A number of sections that were included in the original draft update, including discounts and exemptions, are not included because they were related to collection of tolls by ODOT and ODOT is no longer collecting tolls.
The limited toll rules comment period is now open through Thursday, Oct. 3. To read the updated rules visit Oregon Limited Toll Rules Update. The proposed limited rules focus on how the OTC will designate a road a tollway, as well as the process for the OTC to set, review, and update rates, as having processes in place for all of these will be needed to move forward on the planned bi-state facility on the Interstate Bridge.
Comment from Sunday, Sept. 1 to Thursday, Oct. 3 by 11:59 p.m. PST
Send an email: Include “rulemaking comment” in the subject line
oregontollrules@odot.oregon.gov
Leaving a voicemail:
(541) 603-9677
Mailing a printed comment:
Oregon Department of Transportation; Attn: Director’s Office Rulemaking
355 Capitol St. NE MS11
Salem, Oregon, 97301
Virtual public hearing Wednesday, Sept. 18 from Noon to 1:30 p.m. PST
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