SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Oregon's Department of Transportation is facing funding issues that are so bad, non-interstate routes like U.S. Highways 97, 20, and 26 could see little to no paving after 2027.

In April 2024, Judge Jennifer Gardiner issued an order staying the implementation of the agreement ODOT had reached. “Employing a tool that has never been utilized before in Oregon, a tool that ...