VPP Projects Involving Tolls
Category: Priced Lanes
Sub-Category: Express Toll Lanes

Project - OREGON: Express Toll Lanes on Highway 217 in Portland

The Highway 217 corridor, which connects I-5 to US 26, is the major north-south transportation route in the Washington County portion of the Portland metropolitan area. It runs through two major regional centers, connects the region's high tech centers, and serves one of the highest growth areas in the region. There is a need for additional capacity in the corridor. Value pricing options are being integrated into the mix of alternatives being evaluated and considered for implementation. A prior study, the Traffic Relief Options study, evaluated value pricing in the Portland metro area from a regional perspective and recommended that value pricing be considered whenever major new highway capacity is added. The current study will develop and evaluate several rush hour toll and ramp meter bypass alternatives in this corridor, including consideration of FAIR lanes among other value pricing approaches at ramp meters.

Study Completed 2005

Phase one and two of the studies were completed using Value Pricing funds. Study findings are available at http://www.metro-region.org/article.cfm?articleid=3518. Tolled and non-tolled alternatives presented following a corridor refinement study were approved by the Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation and the Metro Council. The agency currently plans to conduct a NEPA process on both alternatives when funding is available.

For More Information Contact

Ms. Bridget Wieghart
Metro Project Manager
Phone: (503) 797-1775
E-mail: wieghartb@metro.dst.or.us

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