![Game, set, and match. Corbin Atchley, sophomore, high fives Sanam Sidhu, freshman, after a rally with other club members. “I just joined [the club],” Sidhu said. “[I heard about it] on Instagram, they always post about it, I’ve been wanting to come. My parents used to play [net sports] too and they taught us, and then I learned from my brother.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/MG_7715-2-1200x800.jpg)
![At the bottom of the third inning, the Lions are still scoreless. Rowe stands at home plate, preparing to bat, while Vandenbrink stands off to the side as the next batter up. Despite having the bases loaded, the team was unable to score any runs. “It’s just the beginning of the season. We’re just going to be playing out best by June, [and] that’s where champions are,” Rowe said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3077-1200x900.jpg)
![The teams prepare to start another play with just a few minutes left in the first half. The Lions were in the lead at halftime with a score of 27-0. At half time, the team went back to the locker rooms. “[We ate] orange slices,” Malos said. “[Then] our team came out and got the win.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_2385-1200x800.jpg)
On March 11, Oregon Governor Tina Kotek called for the end of the Regional Mobility Pricing Project (RMPP), known as the plan to toll I-5 and I-205 from Wilsonville to the Portland Metro Area. Kotek addressed the decision in a letter directed to Chairman and Vice-Chairman of the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC), Julie Brown and Lee Beyer.
“After years of work, the challenges of implementing the RMPP have grown larger than the anticipated benefits. Therefore, I believe it is time to bring the agency’s work on the RMPP to an end and delay additional expenditures for implementation of tolling on I-205 to the future when the legislature can further evaluate and provide clearer direction on tolling,” Kotek wrote.
The original plan for the RMPP was to help accommodate the surrounding areas, increase funding for other projects in the Portland Metro Area, reduce traffic, and help bring down greenhouse emissions. The proposed plan for the RMPP would be to add a toll gate on the Abernathy bridge, at the State Route 43 and I-205 interchange.
“The primary goal of the finance plan was to document the costs of the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement and the I-205 improvements projects and daylight the extent to which tolling revenues were assumed in their financing,” Kotek wrote. “The finance plan made clear that rising project costs and uncertainty around future toll revenues meant that the state did not have all the funding needed to proceed with the full strategy as originally envisioned. The finance plan also included costs associated with advancing the RMPP and the tolling program overall.” For more information, Gov. Kotek’s full letter to the OTC can be read here.
This is the proposed project map.
Linda Taylor
Mar 13, 2024 at 11:36 am
Told bridges are stupid. Didn’t we already pay for the interstates? It’s not our tax dollars supposed to be appropriately towards this already? What about the dollars from lottery revenues? Our state government sold us that piece of crap Oregon lottery on the premises all lottery revenues would all go towards schools and roads. Hmmmm, If people are going to ruin the lives over gambling, the money might as well go totally to what was proposed the State said it would and not Give a pet projects that you and your friends have around the state. PERIOD! It’s time for all of you to get yourselves straight with the Creator. Do what’s right, not what’s in YOUR best interests. YOU ALL ARE EMPLOYED BY “WE THE PEOPLE”! Not the other way around. TRUTH