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Gov. Tina Kotek shelves plans for I-5, I-205 tolls in Portland area

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Governor Tina Kotek halted plans for tolls on I-205 and I-5 in Portland. The original plan was intended to impose mileage-based tolls. The ODT hoped the tolling would reduce traffic congestion and generate money for future road infrastructure projects. Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) led the federal charge against tolling.

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The Oregonian

Gov. Tina Kotek shelves plans for I-5, I-205 tolls in Portland area

“The state’s path toward implementing tolling is uncertain at best,” Kotek wrote in a letter to state transportation commissioners.

2 months ago·Portland, United States

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KOIN 6

Gov. Kotek pulls plug on tolls in Portland metro

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Gov. Tina Kotek said she's decided to pause the work of Oregon's toll collection program, noting it's not a decision she took lightly and fully aware it will create a funding problem in the near term. In a Monday letter to Julie Brown and Lee Beyer of the Oregon Transportation Commission, the governor said it was time to end the work of the Regional Mobility Pricing Project and "delay additional expenditures for implemen…

2 months ago·Portland, United States

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KPTV

Kotek halts plans for tolling on I-205 and I-5

On Monday, Governor Tina Kotek halted plans for tolls on I-205 and I-5 in Portland.

2 months ago·Portland, United States

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Fox News

Oregon Gov. Kotek calls for halt to Portland interstate tolling plan

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek wants to scrap a plan to implement tolls on large sections of two Portland-area interstates, she said Monday.Kotek sent a letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission on Monday saying the Regional Mobility Pricing Project for Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 should be halted, KGW-TV reported.Kotek said in the letter that the "state’s path toward implementing tolling in the Portland metro area is uncertain, at best," and t…

2 months ago·New York, United States

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