Infrastructure

History has many lessons to offer on how much it will cost to rebuild Ukraine, and how it can be done to help set the country up for a more prosperous and safe future.

Long-deferred maintenance, a changing climate and the construction of homes, businesses and highways below previously remote dams are all contributing to the soaring numbers.

Biden was joined by Gov. Kate Brown and members of Oregon's congressional delegation in an appearance at Portland's airport. It was his first visit to the state as president.

That Washington lawmakers would lay down the first dollars has been an understood — if informal — agreement between that state and Oregon.

ODOT is refusing to name the person dismissed after they left inflammatory comments on an internal survey shared among members of a committee focused on advancing equity in how the state contracts with transportation construction firms.

Highway 101, the backbone of Oregon’s coastal transportation system, is in a sorry state. In several spots, tarmac is crumbling into the ocean. But the state is having trouble repairing it because doing so runs contrary to Oregon’s powerful land-use rules. So now, authorities want to tweak the rules despite the failure of past efforts.

The district will move the school due to the impacts of a plan to widen the I-5 freeway.

A task for working to replace the Burnside Bridge has recommended changes that would save $200 million.

Oregon’s bridges continue to decline, according to an annual report released this week by the Oregon Department of Transportation.

Top Democrats have abruptly postponed an expected House vote on their 10-year, $1.85 trillion social and environment measure.