The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) must update its environmental assessment for the proposed changes to the Interstate-5 corridor through the Rose Quarter, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) decided this week. ODOT anticipated the federal ruling and is still confident it can still start project construction by late 2023, while environmental advocates see the decision as a step towards a more rigorous environmental evaluation of the project. Because the I-5 Rose Quarter project—a plan to.