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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: ODOT Says Households Will Pay $575 a Year in Its First Round of Tolls
Description: Full-text: This next week is going to be a big week for Oregon’s off-the-rails tolling projects. On Tuesday, the feds released their “Environmental Assessment” for the I-205 tolls. On Friday, a statewide toll advisory committee is meeting. Next Monday, a regional toll advisory committee is meeting.
In the Environment Assessment, the Oregon Department of Transportation reveals some eye-popping numbers:
Toll payments on just the I-205 project will be $132 million a year; and
Households will pay an average of $575 a year in tolls.
If you think this sounds like it’s bad for the economy, you’re r...