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.

However, as of Wednesday afternoon, an ODOT spokesperson said they agency "will lay out

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