Rose Quarter Improvement Project Staying Alive but More Funding Is Needed

Rose Quarter Improvement Project staying alive but more funding is needed

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon's long-stalled Rose Quarter Improvement Project is staying alive. On Thursday, the Oregon Transportation Commission voted to keep the $2 billion project moving forward, despite major funding shortfalls. The project aims to widen I-5 and build a major freeway cover to reconnect Portland's historic Albina neighborhood, split decades ago by the [...]

New phase of Rose Quarter project to proceed, despite funding hole

The Oregon Transportation Commission on Thursday declined to pull the plug on the long-planned effort.

OTC advances I-5 Rose Quarter project despite funding gap

The Oregon Transportation Commission on Thursday approved moving the project to its next phase and directed ODOT to work with stakeholders.

Albina Vision Trust rescues I-5 Rose Quarter project. Again.

Albina Vision Trust Executive Director Winta Yohannes (left) and AVT Government Affairs Director JT Flowers at the OTC meeting today. The I-5 Rose Quarter project received a stay of execution today thanks to last-minute maneuvering from leaders of Albina Vision Trust, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson and three Metro councilors. As I reported last month, the beleaguered, $2 billion project that aims to expand I-5 between I-84 and the Fremont Bridge an…