BEND, OR Oregon’s Department of Transportation says declining gas tax revenues and staffing shortages is forcing cuts to winter maintenance budgets, especially in Central and Eastern Or.
Who wants to be stuck on an unstable bridge in the event of an earthquake? No one! As it turns out, this is more probable here in the Pacific Northwest and Corvallis’ Van Buren Bridge is not equipped to withstand an earthquake. As oceanic plates converge and build stress, the plates become more prone to.