ODOT should address its spending problem, not toll citizens December 23 2020 City councilor: State's misspent billion dollars could have paid for the I-205 expansion from Stafford Road to Highway 213. The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) does not have a funding problem, it has a spending problem. Over the past few years, it has misspent over a billion of your taxpayer dollars on projects such as the failed Columbia River Crossing, failed Eddyville bypass, a sinking overpass near Bend [and] mismanaged contracts and electronic reader boards. Now they're trying to convince you that tolling I-5 and I-205 is in your best interest. That misspent billion dollars could have paid for the expansion from Stafford Road to the Highway 213 interchange, plus other projects, but they are now claiming poverty. This poverty claim comes at a time when the Oregon Legislature recently raised taxes on gas, plus vehicle registration and title fees, while at the same time wanting you to pay a toll (tax) to travel the I-205 Abernethy Bridge over the Willamette River near Gladstone, Oregon City and West Linn.