The review presented to lawmakers on May 27 highlighted issues with ODOT's structure, cost estimates, contracts, risk management, and decision-making. The consultants recommended replacing ODOT's ...

It also calls for a 50% increase on vehicle registration fees, gradually increasing the payroll tax from 0.1% to 0.5% by 2032, and creating a sales tax on vehicle sales of 2% on new vehicles and 1 ...

At the Hermiston Herald, McKenzie Rose reads a copy of the newspaper on June 19, 2024. This editorial is being jointly-published by more than 50 Oregon newspapers and supported by the Oregon ...

ODOT ticketed 122 trucks for illegally bypassing weigh stations on I-84, finding 25% of the drivers to be temporarily placed out-of-service and discovering fatigued drivers and tampered logging dev… ...

KOIN Portland. ODOT: ‘Plan ahead’ for OR 217 southbound lane closures this weekend. Posted: May 31, 2025 | Last updated: June 6, 2025. Oregon Department of Transportation is preparing to close ...

It’s fundamentally unfair, isn’t it? And for Oregon news organizations, the pain is felt in the pocketbook. Newspapers are businesses, and everyone knows our revenue model has changed ...

Editor's note: The Oregonian/Oregonlive co-authored this editorial with the Lake Oswego Review, The Chronicle in Springfield, The Columbia Gorge News with 37 additional news organizations ...

A report on the strategic review by consulting firm WSP was presented in March to the Oregon Transportation Commission, which functions like a board of directors for ODOT. Among the WSP reviewers ...

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is receiving to $83,215,245 for work it completed to repair roads and other critical infrastructure that were deeply damaged during natural disasters.

ODOT faces a $354 million shortfall. The bill proposes requiring regular performance audits and increasing oversight of large projects to ensure that public dollars are spent wisely and transparently.