Interstate Bridge Replacement price tag hits $13.6 billion in draft cost estimate document

The last official cost estimate was $6 billion in early 2023. In recent months, project officials have told state lawmakers ...
Willamette Week

Interstate Bridge Staff Hid Information About Ballooning Cost of Giant Highway Project

The estimated price tag more than doubled from $6 billion to $13.6 billion, but staff told a bistate panel Dec. 15 it didn’t ...
Opinion
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In Our View: Obfuscating numbers hurts I-5 Bridge program

Revelations about apparent subterfuge in planning for a new Interstate 5 Bridge should draw sharp scrutiny from taxpayers. The shocking part is not necessarily a new price tag for construction, but th ...
Finance & Commerce

$1.9B in projects added to Interstate Bridge replacement plan

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Metro Council last week added three Interstate Bridge Replacement (IBR) projects to the 2024-2027 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP) to meet federal project ...
The Columbian

Documents: Cost of replacing I-5 Bridge could be more than double $6 billion estimate

Newly discovered documents show the cost of replacing the century-old, seismically unstable Interstate 5 Bridge could be more than double the $6 billion estimate quoted by Interstate Bridge Replacemen ...