In an email to ODOT staff Saturday, Director Kris Strickland said the agency will be forced to eliminate hundreds of positions The Oregon Department of Transportation plans to lay off up to 700 ...

A last-ditch effort on the final day of Oregon's 2025 Legislature to prevent job cuts and service reductions for the Oregon Department of Transportation failed. House Bill 3402 was amended in the ...

Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek spent months cajoling the state Legislature to provide billions for transportation infrastructure, safety and jobs. Now, she’s asking them to repeal that plan and start fresh.

Oregon Department of Transportation Director Kris Strickler has flipped on his turn signal and will take the next offramp. The leader of the agency since 2019, Strickler announced Wednesday he’ll exit ...

This story was produced by the Oregon Journalism Project, a nonprofit newsroom covering the state. Kris Strickler, director of the Oregon Department of Transportation, provided details of layoffs ...

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The director of the Oregon Department of Transportation announced he will step down at the end of the year. Kris Strickler has been the director of ODOT since fall 2019, making him ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) Director Kris Strickler, Deputy Director Travis Brouwer, and several other transportation leaders gave an update to lawmakers on the ...

At a committee hearing Tuesday, legislators aiming to create a politically viable transportation package were met with calls for better oversight of the agency A powerful committee tasked with ...

Courtesy of Oregon Department of Transportation Oregon lawmakers will return to Salem next month to try and find a solution to stave off mass layoffs and station closures at the state transportation ...

Context: Why ODOT layoffs are coming Legislature ends without approving transportation package, triggering ODOT layoffs A last-ditch effort on the final day of Oregon's 2025 Legislature to prevent job ...