ODOT lays out a stark picture of what transportation system would look like without new funding

Transportation workgroup has until Dec. 15 to send its report to Gov. Tina Kotek Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said the Oregon Department of Transportation must live within existing revenue. But what happens if lawmakers don’t step in to address the agency’s impending $200 million budget shortfall? Major construction projects would stall. Roadway fatalities and serious injuries would increase. Public transit and passenger rail service would be cut, and ODOT would have to shift its maintenance work almost entirely to reactive repairs and emergency responses, according to Susan Peithman, the transportation agency’s climate director. Peithman presented that scenario to the group of business and transportation experts Gov. Tina Kotek charged with vetting and recommending solutions to the agency’s funding shortfall.

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