Gov. Tina Kotek on Monday announced her intention to halt plans to toll Portland-area freeways, citing uncertainty about the costs of planned freeway projects and the revenue tolling would bring in. In a letter to the Oregon Transportation Commission, which sets state transportation policy, Kotek said she believed it was time to end the work on the Regional Mobility Pricing Project, the state transportation department’s plan to impose per-mile tolls on interstates 5 and 205 from Wilsonville to Portland’s northern border. According to Oregonlive, Kotek last year ordered a pause on toll collections until 2026 so that state transportation department could present a finance plan and more thorough report on the impact tolling would have on low-income and minority communities. In her Monday letter to the commission, she said those findings made clear that tolling is not viable at the moment.
Governor Kotek Halts Tolling on I-5 and I-205
