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House members criticize ODOT accountability as lawmakers debate new funding
Summary
Representative critics told the Oregon House that the Oregon Department of Transportation has not accounted for prior transportation package dollars and urged oversight before approving new revenue.
Representative Bill Deal urged fellow lawmakers on the House floor to withhold additional transportation funding until the Oregon Department of Transportation can account for earlier bond and tax proceeds.
Deal said the 2017 transportation package’s revenues and promised projects are now in disarray and questioned cost overruns on major projects, saying, “not 1 more dime.” He cited the Rose Quarter Improvement Project as short between $650 million and $1.05 billion and the project’s total cost now projected at $1.9 billion. He also cited cost increases for the Center Street Bridge project, which he said rose from an estimated $60…
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