Governor Kate Brown endorsed a freeway cover design for the Interstate-5 Rose Quarter expansion project Tuesday, moving the years-long battle over freeway caps one step closer to a final design. While the Oregon Department of Transportation's (ODOT) Rose Quarter Improvement Project was initiated in 2012 to address the rush hour bottleneck on the freeway, the project has grown to include restorative justice elements for the Albina neighborhood—the historically Black neighborhood that was partially demolished and.
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