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Transportation

ODOT postpones its big Mount Hood Safety/rock-blasting project after bids come in too high

The Oregon Department of Transportation has decided to reduce the scope of a major safety project planned for Highway 26 on Mount Hood after the first round of bids came in way over budget....

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Renamed and expanded Mt. Hood Express bus line revs up for the busy season

Avast! There be the White Whale! Lumberin’ up Highway 26 he be!...

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Mirror Lake plan could build a new parking lot, a pedestrian bridge over 26 and a park-and-ride transit stop

The popular Mirror Lake hiking and snowshoeing trail could get a new parking lot just west of Government Camp, with a pedestrian bridge over Highway 26 and a park-and-ride transit stop with...

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Here is your Winter Mountain Express Bus Schedule

Carless? Need to get up to Mount Hood? The Mountain Express is running seven days a week from Sandy to Timberline Lodge for $2 one-way or 30 trips for $20. Here is the full winter schedule....

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Oregon and Washington will no longer share Sno-Park permits

As of November 1, 2013, Washington Sno-Park permits will no longer be accepted in Oregon, and vice versa. If you plan on shredding both Crystal and Hood this winter, you will need two...

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Driver rolls his Toyota on Timberline Road, escapes with a ticket

If you were heading back from the Palmer Snowfield Sunday afternoon you no doubt saw the upside-down car in the ditch....

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Aerial Tram Emerges as People’s Choice

Like the idea of an aerial tram connecting Government Camp to Timberline Lodge? If so, you aren’t alone....

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Silent Rock won’t be particularly silent once the rock-blasting begins

Work is scheduled to begin in April 2014 on a rock-blasting project that will widen Highway 26, extend westbound passing lanes and build a 2.3-mile concrete median just west of Skibowl....

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Mountain Express expands its bus service to Timberline Lodge

Editor’s Note: The information in this article has been updated in a follow-up story about the renamed and expanded Mt. Hood Express running from Sandy to Mount Hood seven days a...

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Yes traffic jams on Mount Hood suck. So what can be done about them?

Nothing worse than rolling home from a fine day on the mountain and running into a bumper-to-bumper mess of tailights backed up on solid ice from Timberline Road to Welches. Traffic,...

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