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Rose Quarter I-5 Expansion

Killing a School to Widen a Freeway?!

January 23, 2022 by Tri Sanger

Last spring the Oregon Department of Transportation’s maps planning an I-5 freeway expansion were uncovered by No More Freeways PDX.  These maps detailed expanding the interstate onto the school grounds of Harriet Tubman Middle School.  … Read more

Tags FONSI, Harriet Tubman Middle School, No More Freeways PDX, ODOT, Portland Public Schools, Rose Quarter I-5 Expansion, structural racism, Youth vs ODOT

Portland Needs Cleaner Air, not Wider Freeways

January 20, 2022 by Diana Meisenhelter

How clean is the air above Portland, and how clean (or not) will it remain? Protecting air quality and blocking the widening of the I-5 freeway are two essential tasks for the City of Portland … Read more

Tags air quality, City of Portland, Clean Air Protection Program, Climate Emergency Declaration, I-5 freeway widening, Interstate Bridge Replacement, ODOT, Rose Quarter I-5 Expansion

No More Freeways! Climate Leaders don’t Expand Highways!

October 6, 2021 by XRPDX

Join Sunrise Movement PDX and No More Freeways on Wednesday, October 13th, 4:30 pm at 123 NW Flanders to protest ODOT’s proposed Rose Quarter Expansion of the I-5 freeway. The latest project design proposes a … Read more

Tags ODOT, Rose Quarter I-5 Expansion

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