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Friends and neighbors,

Many of you have been interested in updates on what is happening with ODOT's tolling plan. Like many of you, I have been frustrated about potential tolling on the I-205 as I live off of the 43 and travel that area daily to care for my homebound senior patients. Every session since my election, I have actively fought ODOT's plan to harm our community through exclusively tolling I-205. Since 2020, I have been working with local officials and constituents affected by the I-205 project, the Transportation committee, and ODOT to create a plan for West Linn and change ODOT's plan for the better. For a time it appeared ODOT was listening to us, but recently they are once again proposing to toll I-205 exclusively, and long before regional tolling is approved. Many Clackamas County elected officials including myself, know this tolling plan will disproportionately hurt our constituents by making you pay more while making diversion traffic worse.

Recently I've heard ODOT will provide the public with an opportunity to attend a virtual hearing on the draft amendment to the Oregon Highway Plan, which guides Oregon in how it uses tolling.
* What: Virtual Hearing on Draft Amendment to the Oregon Highway Plan - this plan guides Oregon in using tolling to raise funds for transportation system improvements
* Where: Zoom - you can sign up here ([link removed])
* When: Wednesday, July 20th at 1:00pm
* How to provide comments and testimony: You can register to provide testimony here ([link removed]) or you can provide written testimony or comments by emailing them to [email protected]. The comment period is open until August 1.

For additional information please see the letter below

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** Hearing will review draft amendment to Oregon's
tolling policy, accept comments
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July 13, 2022

For more information: Shelley M. Snow (mailto:[email protected]) , Communications, 503-881-5362

SALEM – The public is invited to attend a virtual hearing on the draft amendment to the Oregon Highway Plan that will guide the state in using tolling as a way to raise funds for transportation system improvements:
* July 20, 1 p.m.
* Please sign up ahead of time ([link removed]) to make comments.
* Details for joining the Zoom in are on the website. ([link removed])
* A comment form is linked from the website and also available here ([link removed]) .
* The draft amendment is on the website (PDF): OHP Policy Amendment Draft for Public Review.pdf (oregon.gov) ([link removed]) .
* You can also send an email with comments to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) .

The comment period is open until August 1.

What is it?

The Oregon Highway Plan has an existing policy section on tolling. This draft policy amendment proposes an update to that section, which is "Goal No. 6: Tolling." The draft amendment is intended to modernize the state’s pricing and tolling policy. It defines terms, such as congestion pricing, and it offers guidance for the use of revenue and setting rates (but it does not set rates). It also provides the Oregon Transportation Commission with clearer direction for decision making. There are 15 policies in the draft amendment, each with actions to guide implementing the policy.

Note: This amendment is not about whether or not the state should toll roads; instead, it provides guidance for doing so if the state decides to use tolling.

Public input will inform potential revisions to the plan amendment. The goal is to have a final version ready for adoption later this year.

Background

The Oregon Highway Plan is the state’s primary highway guide, establishing a 20-year vision and strategic framework for Oregon’s road system. The current plan ([link removed]) (PDF) was approved by the commission in 1999 and has been modified numerous times, including in 2012 to add the current section on tolling.


Read ODOT's full news release here ([link removed]) .

Sincerely,
Rachel Prusak

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