"The legislature and ODOT are not listening to people, they need to fix it. So, maybe if citizens are going to vote on it they’ll...
"The streets around the high school are mad crowded and Highway 43 gets pretty backed up sometimes, so I think if the tolls are put...
“The streets around the high school are mad crowded and Highway 43 gets pretty backed up sometimes, so I think if the tolls are put in place then those streets are just going to get more crowded because people aren’t going to want to spend whatever it’s going to be,”
Read the full article here"It’s just not right. There are other means within the state to collect money. We’re not opposed to paying for improvements. They’re expensive, we waited...
“It’s just not right. There are other means within the state to collect money. We’re not opposed to paying for improvements. They’re expensive, we waited too long to do the infrastructure, but it’s just the wrong way to do it,”
Read the full article here“It is my position that tolling on I-205 and I-5 should be denied on policy and process grounds... To the extent granted under federal laws...
“It is my position that tolling on I-205 and I-5 should be denied on policy and process grounds… To the extent granted under federal laws and regulations, please bring this avoidable disaster to a halt.”
Read the full article here“My constituents are already feeling the dangerous effects of traffic coming off of both I-5 and I-205 and overburdening our neighborhood streets. ODOT has not...
“My constituents are already feeling the dangerous effects of traffic coming off of both I-5 and I-205 and overburdening our neighborhood streets. ODOT has not demonstrated how they plan to mitigate the costs to cities, local businesses and residents associated with that diversion.”
Read the full article here"the long and short of it is that Oregon City will be irreparably harmed by this particular proposal. Not only will it add additional traffic...
“the long and short of it is that Oregon City will be irreparably harmed by this particular proposal. Not only will it add additional traffic jams to the diversion that we already are experiencing in our communities, and this includes West Linn as well, it will not provide for predictable trips, and it will not provide for increased safety. And I feel that the likelihood of accidents increasing will continue to escalate, because people will be impatient because they won’t be able to get to where they want to go.
The other issue is that they claim that it will improve the flow of goods and services and markets and jobs in our area. Well, if you can’t get from here to there, I don’t see how that will work.
And then the other thing that’s particularly vexing to me is that it will penalize the people who are least able to pay, and it’s not equitable in any sense of the form.”
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