Kotek warns of dire consequences for Oregonians from funding shortfall.
By Nigel Jaquiss
Oregon Journalism Project
Kris Strickler, director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, provided details of layoffs looming at the agency in an all-staff email he sent Monday, July 7.
“Today, 483 current ODOT employees will be notified that they will be laid off as of July 31,” Strickler wrote in the email at 8:37 a.m. Monday.
