Representative Tawna Sanchez

Beginning on September 11th southbound I-5 between I-405 and I-84 in the Rose Quarter will be closed for construction 24/7 for up to five weeks.

The I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project will improve safety and congestion where three major interstates converge and reconnect the Albina neighborhood with the construction of a cover over a portion of I-5.

The 1.8-mile project area contains the only two-lane section of I-5 in a major urban area between Canada and Mexico. It has the highest crash rate on any urban interstate in Oregon and is the state's top traffic bottleneck. The project addresses the critical need to keep Oregon's people and economy moving.

Drivers can expect:

I-5 southbound to be closed between I-405 and I-84.

I-5 southbound travel to be detoured to I-405 southbound. Regional traffic to be directed to I-205.

One lane to the Broadway/Weidler exit to remain open for local and event center access.

On-ramps from Alberta, Greeley, I-405 northbound/Fremont Bridge and the Moda Center to I-5 southbound to be closed.

I-5 southbound ramp to I-84 eastbound to be closed.

I-84 westbound to I-5 southbound to remain open.

I-5 northbound to remain open.

For more information, you can find information from the Oregon Department of Transportation here:

Welcome | I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project The purpose of the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project is to improve safety and congestion where three major interstates converge and to reconnect the Albina neighborhood through the construction of a highway cover over a portion of I-5. Project benefits include improving safety and mobility on loc...

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See the message below from our friends at the Women's Foundation of Oregon!

I hope you can join us for our upcoming Women’s Foundation of Oregon Policy Committee gathering as we introduce a new framework that will guide our policy work.

Abundance for All: How Our Collective Dreams Can Shape Politics
Wednesday, March 18, 2026
12:00–1:00 PM
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/WFOPolicy

This conversation will introduce WFO’s Abundance for All Framework, which emerged directly from the collective dreams shared by our community. We believe policy is simply the structure we build around those dreams, and this meeting is an opportunity to explore how those dreams can become actionable policy priorities.

We are honored to be joined by two incredible leaders who will help ground the conversation in real policy pathways:

• Representative Tawna Sanchez, Oregon State Representative
• Councilor Angelita Morillo, Portland City Councilor

Together we will explore how community vision can shape the future of policy in Oregon and how leaders like you can help move this work forward.

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