Workshops lead to local road improvements benefiting Clackamas County communities
As part of ODOT's Urban Mobility Strategy – a cohesive approach to make everyday travel safer and more efficient in the Portland area – our team has collaborated with local governments to plan improvements to local roads.
Improvements will address potential negative impacts resulting from drivers trying to avoid tolls by rerouting to local streets. ODOT and the Federal Highway Administration hosted workshops with local government representatives to talk about improvements and solutions to new transportation issues in communities along I-205.
These improvements and solutions, called “mitigation," are an important part of the project and help make tolling work for everyone. Any mitigation developed with local communities and ODOT is required in order for tolling to move forward.
Make Your Voice Heard
Public Comment Period is now open through Friday, Jan. 6, 2023
Make your voice heard: Share your feedback during the
public comment period to inform a study of congestion pricing on I-5 and I-205. Congestion pricing, using variable rate tolls, is a key tool to reduce traffic congestion and make travel safer and more predictable in the Portland metropolitan area.
Tolling in Oregon – The more you know!
One component of ODOT's Urban Mobility Strategy is to reduce traffic along our highways by implementing congestion pricing with variable rate
tolls. ODOT began studying congestion pricing tolls in 2017, and current plans are to start tolling in late 2024. Congestion pricing, also known as “variable rate tolling" – decreases the number of people using the highway at the most congested times, reduces stop-and-go traffic, and provides a more predictable trip at rush hours.
We want to continue to provide information about the system we're planning. ODOT is sharing information through newsletters, in the press, on social media and our website. If you have additional questions, please feel free to
reach out! We always appreciate hearing from you.