The communication from the highway department comes in advance of an Aug. 29 special legislative session that Gov. Tina Kotek ...

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Since leaving Salem, Cortright has run an economic consulting practice. He is also a leader of the environmental group No ...

The Oregon Department of Transportation provided new details Monday of how it landed in a major funding gap that soon could ...

Oregon DOT opened the new Van Buren Bridge in Corvallis this month to eastbound traffic, with construction set to finish next ...

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is facing a funding crisis that could lead to the largest layoff in Oregon ...

Oregon lawmakers failed to approve additional funding for the Department of Transportation, leading to anticipated layoffs of hundreds of workers, while Republican lawmakers claim a win by ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon Democrats officially introduced a 102-page bill on Monday that aims to improve transportation infrastructure, support city and county transportation needs, and ...

Since causing problems along Highway 26 and damaging cars since March, ODOT has started to repair “the bump” 13 miles east of ...

ODOT's problems stem not from declining gas tax revenue – which is higher than it was five years ago, but from its excessive spending and dramatic cost overruns on a handful of mega projects ...

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… ...

The Oregon Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, or OBPAC, is an eight-member committee appointed by the governor that acts as a liaison between the public and Oregon Department of Transportation ...