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Columnists: A ‘union only’ rule would diminish competition and greatly restrict the number of contractors and workers eligible to work on the I-5 bridge replacement.
INDEPENDENCE — Gov. Tina Kotek isn’t on board with legislative plans to commit $1 billion in state-issued bonds to replace the Interstate 5 Bridge connecting Oregon and Washington.
A bill authorizing tolling on the Interstate 5 Bridge is nearly to the governor.
A bill to allow tolling to pay for a new I-5 bridge is close to becoming law.
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Kotek wants to use state-issued bonds for affordable housing projects and said the bridge project could tie up the state's bonding capacity.