Thank God and ODOT for highway rest areas! And lately, let’s also thank Oregon Travel Experience, the quasi-public organization the legislature gave the authority and a modest budget from ODOT to manage 20 rest areas so far, including some of those on Interstates 5 and 84. On I-5, Oregon Travel Experience manages three rest stops: Baldock near Wilsonville, […]
Much improved: I-5 rest areas
In recent years, stopping at Oregon’s I-5 rest areas usually made it necessary to pass by a panhandler on your way to or from the restroom. That may have been one of the first things that Oregon Travel Experience has worked to prevent.
Tags: Interstate 5, ODOT, Oregon Travel Experience, rest areas