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Connect Oregon - Dedicated Projects

Background

The state legislature identified five dedicated projects (four in House Bill 2017 and one in House Bill 4304) that were to be reviewed and if approved, to be funded prior to the next competitive cycle of the Connect Oregon program. ODOT established rules specific to the dedicated projects to provide a process whereby the qualifications and capacity of the project sponsors was established and effectiveness and business case for the project plan was validated.

The statuses of the projects are as follows:

  • Mid-Willamette Valley Intermodal Facility – Project Plan approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission at their July 2019 meeting. ITS Conglobal has been selected as facility operator with construction beginning in 2021. Construction is complete with remaining with the facility expected to be online September 2022.

  • Treasure Valley Intermodal Facility - Project Plan approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission at their July 2019 meeting. Americold has been selected as facility operator with construction beginning in late 2021. Construction is anticipated to be complete with the facility online at the end of 2022.

  • Rail Expansion at the Port of Morrow – Project Plan approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission at their September 2018 meeting. Construction is complete.

  • Rail siding to support Amtrak Cascade line – Project Plan approved by the Oregon Transportation Commission at their December 2019 meeting contingent on securing CRISI grant funding. In September 2020 the FRA selected this project for $3.7 million in funding to go along with the Connect Oregon and other funding sources. The project sponsor is anticipated to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with ODOT which will establish project milestones. Construction is anticipated to take 13 months.

  • Oregon International Port of Coos Bay Rail Bridge Rehabilitation Project – The project sponsor's schedule anticipates working on permits through the end of 2020 and early 2021, construction beginning in the middle of 2021 and substantial completion in late 2024/early 2025.