After months of missteps and delays , Oregon Democrats have passed a transportation funding plan that will raise taxes to prevent widespread breakdowns across Oregon’s road network and avert severe cuts to public transit services.

On the final day of a month-long special session, the Senate passed the plan Monday along party lines on the thinnest possible margins, with 18 Democrats in support and all 11 Republicans voting no. The plan passed out of the House on similarly-tight margins earlier this month and now heads to Gov. Tina Kotek, who is expected to sign it.

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