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Brakes put on toll road idea

The Associated Press

 January 26, 2007

SALEM - State officials have scrapped plans to study the potential for a private toll road to handle growth in Clackamas County.

The Sunrise Corridor project would cost nearly $1 billion and would not attract enough toll-paying traffic to make financial sense, according to a report to the Oregon Transportation Commission from the Macquarie Infrastructure Group, an Australian company.

A separate report said it looks more feasible to add lanes to Interstate 205, but that works best if tolls are charged on the entire freeway - not just the new lanes.

Members of the commission seemed taken aback by the reports.

``It's time to pull back and think carefully,'' said Chairman Stuart Foster.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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