SALEM — State Rep. Julie Parrish, the architect of Oregon Measure 101 in January, has joined as a chief sponsor of a 2020 initiative to require voter approval for tolls on existing roadways, bridges or freeways.
The 'Tolls Need Voter Approval' initiative was resubmitted with language changes as Initiative Petition 10 on Friday, July 27. The original proposal, Initiative Petition 9 — first submitted July 11 — has been withdrawn.
An Oregon Department of Transportation policy advisory committee has recommended tolling all existing lanes on Interstate 5, between Northeast Going/Alberta Street and Southwest Multnomah Boulevard and on the Abernethy Bridge on Interstate 205. The bridge toll would go toward paying for building a third lane on I-205 between Highway 99 East and Stafford Road.
Under the initiative, the state could toll new lanes on Interstate 5 without seeking approval from voters, but if the state wants to toll the existing lanes, voter approval would be required.
The new language in IP 10 defines "new net capacity" as the "expansion of transportation infrastructure which did not exist prior to Jan. 1, 2018, and which has not been converted from a previous form of transportation infrastructure which has already been built or operates with public dollars."
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