I-5 bridge replacement project finally comes clean on skyrocketing price tag

The bistate agency now says the bridge and highway project will cost $14.4 billion, up from $6 billion in 2022.

 

By Nigel Jaquiss

Oregon Journalism Project

The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program released an official estimate Tuesday, March 17, of the updated cost of replacing the span between Oregon and Washington, stretching light rail to Vancouver, and reworking 5 miles of freeway ramps on either side of the bridge: $14.4 billion. 

That cost is so…

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