Rose Quarter Project Director Resigns as Fate of Project Hangs in the Balance

Rose Quarter project director resigns as fate of project hangs in the balance

The state official tasked with managing Portland’s Rose Quarter freeway expansion project is leaving her position as the project faces increased financial uncertainty.

State and Federal Losses Stack Up for ODOT’s I-5 Rose Quarter Plan

As funding and legal woes mount for ODOT, a plan to reconnect the Albina neighborhood is caught in the middle. by Taylor Griggs The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is in dire financial trouble. The Oregon Legislature’s failure to pass a transportation funding package this session has left the agency financially adrift, forced to lay off hundreds of workers and cut critical services across the state.  Still, ODOT leaders say they plan …

Oregon State Representative Owens talk about the ODOT/Transportation Package - Elkhorn Media Group

HARNEY COUNTY-Oregon State Representative Mark Owens spoke on Harney County Live abut Long Session ending 3 weeks ago and what was accomplished. After a brief discussion about the Long Session, Representative Owens spoke about the Oregon Department of Transportation(ODOT)/Transportation package that laid off 483 people and eliminated 449 vacant positions. Representative Owens stated that there will be a Special Session held to try and remedy thi…

ODOT to close Sisters station

Amid a statewide severe reduction in its 5,000 strong workforce, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) notified workers at the Sisters Maintenance Station that the yard will close July 31. Sisters roads will be maintained by the Bend Station which has a crew of only 11. The station at the Santiam Junction, crucial to winter driving, will not be extending its coverage into Sisters as it now...

ODOT labor union members are emailing layoff notices to lawmakers

ODOT crews working on bridge repairs in Medford. (Photo: ODOT) Sources tell BikePortland that Oregon Governor Tina Kotek will announce details of a special legislative session sometime this week as fallout from the legislature’s failure to pass transportation funding continues to pile up. That tip comes as no surprise, given the acuity of the crisis and the pressure the governor is under to do something about the mass layoffs that have already b…

As Gov. Kotek scrambles to save ODOT union jobs, here are positions being cut and vacated - The New Era

The layoffs are slated for the end of July. ODOT would also erase vacant positions.   BY NIGEL JAQUISS Oregon Journalism Project As Gov. Tina Kotek works the phones in an effort to stave off hundreds of layoffs at the Oregon Department of Transportation July 31, the lists of proposed layoffs and elimination of unfilled vacancies show that the impact of the cuts will hit all across the state, as will the closure of a dozen maintenance stations. H…