| ConnectOregon Overview |
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| Keeping Oregon Moving |
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A quality transportation system can attract business and improve quality of life. People depend on multiple modes of travel - and efficient connections between those modes - to move goods and provide services throughout the state, country, and the world. A sound transportation system encourages growth, reduces the cost of congestion and inefficiency, and provides a gateway to the global economy.
ConnectOregon is a lottery-bond-based initiative first approved by the 2005 Oregon Legislature to invest in air, rail, marine and transit infrastructure. This key strategy ensures Oregon’s transportation system is strong, diverse, and efficient. ConnectOregon is focused on improving the connections between the highway system and the other modes of transportation to better integrate the components of the system, improve flow of commerce and remove delays.
The first major funding initiative targeted at multimodal (non-highway) transportation, ConnectOregon is helping make the most of the public’s investment in Oregon’s transportation system, attracting and sustaining business and jobs in Oregon and ensuring Oregon is connected to world markets. It is a valuable addition to the significant investments Oregonian’s have made recently in the highway network (OTIA I, II and III and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP).
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| ConnectOregon I |
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In 2005, the Oregon Legislature authorized $100 million for Oregon’s Multimodal Transportation Fund to invest in air, rail, marine and transit infrastructure. This first authorization, also known as ConnectOregon I, funded 38 projects. Twenty-six of the projects are complete, 12 are in the design or construction phase.
Read more about ConnectOregon I.
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| ConnectOregon II |
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The 2007 Oregon Legislature approved a second authorization of $100 million for the ConnectOregon program. Also known as ConnectOregon II, this second authorization built on the success of ConnectOregon I and will continue to improve the flow of commerce, remove delays and improve safety. Thirty projects were funded through ConnectOregon II, 27 projects are active, two are complete and one has not yet started.
Read more about ConnectOregon II and projects.
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| ConnectOregon III |
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The 2009 Oregon Legislature approved a third authorization of $100 million in lottery-backed bonds for the ConnectOregon III program as part of HB 2001, the Jobs and Transportation Act. Building on the success of the first two authorizations in 2005 and 2007, ConnectOregon III will continue to improve the connections between the highway system and other modes of transportation.
Read more about ConnectOregon III and the application process.
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| Updates |
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ODOT will update the ConnectOregon Web site whenever new information is available. Stakeholders and those with a vested interest in the program are encouraged to sign up to receive communications via ODOT’s ConnectOregon electronic mailing list.
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| For more information |
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For more information about projects funded through ConnectOregon I and II, contact Marty Andersen with the ODOT Local Government Section at (503) 986-3640, or download a copy of the ConnectOregon I and II brochure (pdf).
For more information about the application and selection process for the ConnectOregon III, contact ODOT's Freight Mobility Section at (503) 986-3208 or email.
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