In 2017, when the Oregon Legislature authorized a modest highway widening project on I-5 just north of the I-84 intersection, it was expected to improve travel speeds and reduce traffic accidents. The estimated construction cost was $500 million-$700 million. By 2021, the project had morphed into a social justice and real estate development scheme, with […]
The state legislature is in the final stages of passing SB 1182, which will authorize the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to give away property and development rights and contracts associated with the four-acre highway cover over I-5, which ODOT plans to build in the Rose Quarter. The cover has an estimated construction cost of […]
On October 14, Google announced that it will finance the construction of seven small nuclear reactors in the U.S. built by energy start-up Kairos Power. The agreement will provide 500 megawatts of clean, reliable electricity to feed Google’s growing need for data centers. This follows on the September 20th announcement by Microsoft and Constellation Energy […]