Infrastructure

Under ideal conditions, the agency says it would be able to replace 27 bridges per year. But with its current resources, it’s only on pace to replace three.

With significant cost increases on highway and bridge projects in recent years, lawmakers are facing a price tag ranging from $5 billion to $7.5 billion in order to fund the project to replace the I-5 bridge across the Columbia River. To help with the cost, Washington state is increasing the amount of toll revenue and is looking to the House Transportation Committee to get a funding bill through Congress.

A framework released Thursday includes a major gas tax hike, several entirely new taxes and a lot more.

Jails in rural Oregon are often older and in need of upgrades, but new tax money can be hard to come by.

They are lobbying for a five-fold increase to a tax paid by Oregon workers.

Portlanders have long lobbied City Hall to address a lack of sidewalks in areas of the city with a high rate of traffic-related deaths. Now, the city’s recently elected officials are trying to take action.

The Astoria-Megler and St. Johns bridges were among the dozens of spans across the country recommended to undergo “vulnerability assessments” by the National Transportation Safety Board.

A proposal to fund light rail over the I-5 bridge proves divisive in Clark County as smaller cities balk at helping pay for it.

In East Portland's District 1, neighbors begin to see the impact of new City Hall representation.

Reaction to House Bill 3362 suggests lawmakers will need to overcome public skepticism this year as they look for road funding.