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It is difficult to see how the I-205 widening can be described as such, and yet the entire project - Phases 1 and 2, including the seven miles in each direction of freeway widening - was granted a DCE in December 2018, despite objectively failing to meet the requirements of categorical exclusions listed in federal regulations.
#CAR FALLS OFF 205 BRIDGE 2021 FULL#
The first phase of the I-205 project, focused on the Abernethy Bridge widening, is set to begin in 2022, having circumvented the National Environmental Policy Act Environmental Impact Assessment process via a documented categorical exclusion - a feature of NEPA intended to allow agencies to bypass the requirement for full public review and environmental assessment for small, local-level actions that an agency can reasonably claim as being likely to have no significant environmental impact. The project as a whole encompasses a range of infrastructure upgrades, including making “earthquake-ready” a number of I-205 bridges - which in reality means demolishing and replacing multiple fully functional two-lane bridges in order to widen them to three lanes in each direction, as well as widening and significantly reconstructing the Abernethy Bridge carrying I-205 over the Willamette River. As part of its “I-205 Improvements Project,” the agency’s solution is to add a third lane in each direction on I-205 between Stafford Road and OR 99E, as well as a northbound entrance-to-exit lane (or “auxiliary lane”) between OR 99E and OR 213. I-205 widening, OregonĮvery day, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation, more than 100,000 vehicles travel the seven-mile stretch of Interstate 205 between Stafford Road and Oregon Route 213 in Oregon City - the often congested last remaining four-lane section of I-205.
transportation policy must be reformed to discourage similar initiatives in the future. Learn more about the other boondoggles that made this year’s list by clicking here.
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This series has explored some of the worst planned highway projects across the country, and explore why they deserve to be cancelled - and why U.S.
to drive home.This is the final article in our annual Highway Boondoggles series, in partnership with U.S. Officials said Amaro Lopez had left the Hazel Dell restaurant around 5 p.m. The Oregon Medical Examiner’s Office determined he died of a fracture of the spine from the crash, with immersion in water listed as a contributing factor, according to the lawsuit.Īn ODOT spokesman declined to comment on the lawsuit Tuesday.Īmaro Lopez, 57, was a chef at his brother’s restaurant, Amaro’s Table, which has locations in Hazel Dell and downtown Vancouver.
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When Amaro Lopez’s car hit a patch of snow or ice, causing him to lose control, his Subaru then went up the “man-made snow ramp” and plummeted 144 feet into the Columbia River below, the lawsuit alleges.ĭive crews recovered Amaro Lopez’s body and SUV from the river three days later. alleges ODOT crews created a ramp of snow and ice, cleared from I-205, in the bus lane and shoulder of the bridge. The lawsuit - filed Monday, the one-year anniversary of Antonio Amaro Lopez’s death, in Multnomah County, Ore.
The family of a Portland man whose car went over the side of the Interstate 205 Bridge during a snowstorm in February 2021 has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Transportation for its handling of road conditions.
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