- Supporters Of Local Veto Power Over Oregon State Toll Projects Postpone Petition Drive
- MassDOT Will Update Progress On Turnpike-Interstate 495 Interchange Improvements
- These are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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Supporters Of Local Veto Power Over Oregon State Toll Projects Postpone Petition Drive
“The Vote Before Tolls Committee is pausing its campaign to put IP-4, also known as the Vote Before Tolls initiative, on the ballot this November and shifting its focus to the November 2026 election,” West Linn Tidings reports. “The initiative would amend the Oregon Constitution to require a majority of residents of counties within 15 miles of any road to be tolled . . . to approve of the toll in a certified election.” Founder Dean Suhr said he considered it a “‘partial victory’” last month when Governor Tina Kotek (D) effectively pulled the plug on ODOT’s Regional Mobility Pricing Plan (RMPP) for metro Portland. But Suhr also admitted that Vote Before Tolls currently lacks sufficient momentum to meet a July deadline to secure 160,000 signatures supporting a ballot measure this fall. He spoke to lessons learned since starting the campaign in 2021 — from better understanding ODOT’s funding problems to the pragmatics of paying people to gather signatures, which he intends to do on the next go around.
ETC Systems Issues of Law Oregon Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT)MassDOT Will Update Progress On Turnpike-Interstate 495 Interchange Improvements
As Massachusetts DOT continues work on its five-year, $440 million I-495 and I-90 Interchange Improvements project, the agency will offer progress updates at a virtual public meeting on May 8 at 6:00 PM, Community Advocate reports. The article recaps work on four bridge overpasses and ramp work at four interchanges between the major arteries. “According to the department, more than 100,000 vehicles travel on both the Turnpike and Route 495, with 75,000 through the interchange, including approximately half of all trucking entering eastern Massachusetts. Construction is scheduled to be completed in 2027.”
Highway-Tunnel-Bridge Maintenance Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Massachusetts TurnpikeThese are just some of the toll industry developments TRN is following.
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