PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation began early work this summer on the Interstate 5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project, but with the project still missing the vast majority of its needed funding, there was an understanding that the agency would quickly reach a point where it wouldn't be able keep construction going.

A slide deck for an Oregon Transportation Commission meeting on Thursday, first reported by BikePortland , reveals that ODOT plans to ask its governing body for guidance on how to proceed when that moment arrives. One of the options on the list: wind down construction after the completion of "Phase 1A" in 2027 and put the rest of the project on hold indefinitely.

The $2 billion project aims to widen I-5 and build a 1,500-foot cover over the freeway t

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