The Rose Quarter project will continue with construction, the Oregon Transportation Commission decided Dec. 11, opting to move forward with available funding rather than pausing or directing the money elsewhere.

The project sets out to widen I-5 to help manage congestion where interstates 5, 84 and 405 converge and reconnect the Albina neighborhood, which was the heart of Portland’s Black community until I-5 divided it in the 1950s and '60s, with a highway cap.

Commissioners considered three options: continue with the next step in construction, expected in 2027 using ODOT's current funding, delay that construction or put the project on pause and spend it somewhere else.

They ended up picking a fourth option, not originally presented by ODOT.

That choice continues construction but calls

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