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Gov. Brown Endorses Rose Quarter Freeway Cover Design, Moves Project Forward

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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The Skanner News - Group of Black Contractors Criticize Albina Vision Trust, Delays to Rose Quarter Expansion, in Letter to Governor


Group of Black Contractors Criticize Albina Vision Trust, Delays to Rose Quarter Expansion, in Letter to Governor
Published: 16 June 2021
A controversial plan to expand a major freeway through a historically Black neighborhood has not changed in the year since the city and community leaders walked away from the discussion table in protest. But with advisory committees slated to make recommendations about the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project’s highway caps to the Oregon Transportation Commission at the end of the month, some minority contractors and members of the Black community are criticizing any additional delay.
“For us the opportunity we have to change the plight of our community now is through living-wage employment and small business and entrepreneurship,” Jeff Moreland, president of Raimore Construction in Portland, told ....

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