The argument in favor of tolling I-5 and I-205

Within the past few months, resistance against the addition of tolls has really crystalized in much of the Portland metro area. But there are reasons for the tolls.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Over the last several months, KGW’s The Story has done multiple reports on the Oregon Department of Transportation’s plans to begin tolling parts of I-5 and I-205 around the greater Portland area.

Like taxes, tolls can be an easy thing to oppose — they cost just about everybody money, even people who can ill-afford it, and the ways in which they might benefit local communities can be obscure and frankly unexciting.

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