‘It’s Our Pride to Be Out There’: Oregon Department of Transportation Worker Braces for Layoffs

Oregon lawmakers weigh increased oversight of state’s embattled transportation department

A powerful committee tasked with creating the Legislature’s newest attempt at a transportation investment package faced growing calls Tuesday to hold Oregon’s imperiled Department of Transportation accountable for funding future projects and regulations aimed at restoring the state’s infrastructure.

‘It’s our pride to be out there’: Oregon Department of Transportation worker braces for layoffs

Lon Stockebrand has spent nearly 30 years clearing snow off southern Oregon highways.

Oregon lawmakers weigh increased oversight of state's embattled transportation department • Oregon Capital Chronicle

A group of workers with Interstate Business Solutions — which contracts with the Oregon's Department of Transportation — clean up trash on a highway. Lawmakers are currently weighing a new transportation package that would enhance oversight for the department. (Courtesy of Interstate Business Solutions)A powerful committee tasked with creating the Legislature’s newest attempt at a transportation investment package faced growing calls Tuesday to …

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Oregon lawmakers weigh increased oversight of state’s embattled transportation department • Lincoln Chronicle

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Oregon bill would raise gas tax and EV fees, increase oversight of ODOT

Oregon lawmakers are considering House Bill 2025, a sweeping transportation investment plan that includes tax increases and new oversight rules for the state’s troubled Department of Transportation. The bill has drawn wide support but also calls for stronger accountability measures.