ODOT Is Laying Off Hundreds of Employees. Here's How Southwest Oregon Will Be Affected.

ODOT is laying off hundreds of employees. Here's how Southwest Oregon will be affected.

On June 27, House Bill (HB) 3402, designed to address a shortfall of $350 million dollars in the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), died in the Oregon Legislature’s 2025 legislative session. ODOT is now looking at downscaling its operation by…

Oregon transportation-funding deal crashes

Oregon legislators wrapped up their five-month regular session without approving a transportation-funding bill. One massive funding bill was touted to eventually raise $2 billion yearly in new and higher taxes and fees. Half of the revenue would be earmarked for the Oregon Department of Transportation. The agency has said an additional $1.8 billion annually is necessary just to make repairs. Counties and cities would divvy the other half. The tr…

The Oregon Department of Transportation crashes into a financial brick wall – City Observatory

ODOT is still failing to come to grips with the reality that it doesn’t have the funds to proceed with bloated megaprojects. ODOT’s financial problems stem largely from a handful of megaprojects that have exploded in cost, and for which the revenues have evaporated. Oregon’s legislature rejected a proposed $14 billion transportation funding package on June 28, but the Oregon Department of Transportation seems determined to move ahead with largel…