Accountability Dashboard
Listening, learning and reporting back to our community.
Accountability Dashboard
This accountability dashboard is a voluntary transparency tool that provides quarterly updates on our engagement with the community. Biannual updates related to financial and contracting metrics can be found under the reporting tab.
Listening
Community Presentations and Events
28
January - March 2025
Community presentations and events include presentations at regional conferences, advisory group meetings, neighborhood association meetings, community tabling and other community events.
Comments Received
194
January - March 2025
Office Hours Visitors
15
January - March 2025
In person and virtual office hours were available to allow community members to meet with the program team to ask questions and share their feedback. From January to March 2025, we had 15 community members attend.
Social Media Engagements
7,726
January - March 2025
Newsletter Subscribers
7,232
Subscribers to date
Media Stories
132
January - March 2025
Media stories generated about the IBR program between January and March.
Advisory Group Meeting Engagement
January - March 2025
Live attendance is from those who attended the meeting live, during its scheduled time. YouTube views are those who viewed the meeting from YouTube either during the presentation or at a later time/date. These numbers are reflective of the advisory group meetings from January to March 2025.
Group | Live Attendance | YouTube Views |
---|---|---|
Community Advisory Group | 0 | 0 |
Equity Advisory Group | 0 | 0 |
Community Benefits Advisory Group | 51 | 253 |
Executive Steering Group | 21 | 149 |
Accessibility
January - March 2025
Caption Services | Total |
---|---|
Documents Remediated | 16 |
Documents Translated | 0 |
Meetings with Captions | 4 |
Meetings with ASL | 4 |
The program provided ASL interpretations and closed captioning for public meetings and events hosted by the program.
Documents and meeting presentations are remediated and made ADA compliant before posting to our website.
Documents can be translated upon request.
Videos Produced
36
January - March 2025
Our video content featured the 2024 Year in Review, highlighted Economic Benefits of the new bridge, spotlighted IBR Program interns, and informed our audiences with engaging content curated for social media.
YouTube Lifetime Views
86,470
Since program launch
Lifetime YouTube views are all of the views from the IBR channel since the program started uploading videos.
Website Visitors
8,965
January - March 2025
An anonymous website metric which tracks users visiting a website. This metric includes new users and returning visitors, but does not include the numbers of pages viewed which is substantially higher.
Learning
IBR Program received more than 9,000 individual comments on the Draft SEIS!
The IBR Program received more than 3,600 submissions during the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) 60-day public comment period last fall. A submission includes the entire submittal, such as an email, letter or comment form. Each submission is separated into individual comments based on the topics within their content, meaning that a submission can contain multiple comments. In total, there were more than 9,000 individual comments covering a range of topics. The four most commented on topics were transportation, design, tolling and alternatives.
The Program shared this information during a public presentation to the Executive Steering Group on March 6 and posted it to our Draft SEIS webpage along with PDFs of all raw comment submissions for the public to review. The Program is now in the process of reviewing all comments and preparing responses to include in the Final SEIS, which is currently anticipated to be published late this year. Public comments will be used to refine the design considered for the IBR Program and update analysis of the Modified LPA as appropriate.
Advisory Group Highlights
The Community Advisory Group and Equity Advisory Group did not meet during Q1 of 2025. A joint meeting of with both groups will take place in April.
Community Benefits Advisory Group (CBAG)
The CBAG's work in Q1 focused on refining community benefit recommendations related to mobility, accessibility and physical design. In January and February, the group refined language to clarify roles and maintenance responsibilities, promote inclusive design and sustain community-driven processes while exploring best practices for urban design and environmental considerations. Members also addressed coordination among relevant jurisdictions to help ensure development discussions consider impacts on existing communities, particularly potential displacement risks for vulnerable communities near the project area. In March, the CBAG reviewed updated recommendations reflecting feedback from the previous two months and confirmed the last set of community benefits to be forwarded to the IBR Program for consideration. CBAG's final meeting will take place in May.
Executive Steering Group (ESG)
The March IBR Executive Steering Group (ESG) meeting included Program updates, an overview of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) public comment period and a highlight of what’s ahead for the IBR Program. IBR leadership recapped the Program's current funding sources and provided an update on the bridge permit process. This includes ongoing engagement with the U.S. Coast Guard and impacted river users as the Program moves forward with plans to submit an updated Navigation Impact Report this year before applying for a bridge permit in late 2025 or early 2026. The group also received an overview of public feedback received on the Draft SEIS, with top themes including topics on transportation, design, tolling and alternatives. The Final SEIS is expected to be complete in late 2025, followed by an amended Record of Decision (ROD), which will allow construction to begin along with continued design refinements and procurement planning.
What we've heard and how we're responding
Many people remain interested in how transit operations and maintenance will be funded.
Businesses are increasingly curious about upcoming opportunities to work with the IBR Program.
The public wants to know the status of the IBR Program’s federal funding.
Reporting
Updated through March 2025.
Contracting and expenditure data is updated two times a year. The data takes longer to receive and compile and may not be available until after the reported timeframe. The program will continue to share accountability reports and develop additional reporting metrics.
The most recent updated finance reports provide information about the economic impact analysis, finance planning and risk assessment efforts completed for components included in the Modified Locally Preferred Alternative which were approved for further analysis in July 2022. Cost estimates and financial plans will continue to be updated as the program is refined.
Current reports are listed to the right. For more information, visit our library.
Financial Reports
Economic Impact of IBR Program Capital Investment (April 2023)
IBR Financial Plan (April 2023)
Quantitative Risk Assessment Summary (April 2023)
Quantitative Risk Assessment Report (April 2023)
Bi-state and Legislative Reports
2022 Legislative Progress Report (December)
2022 Legislative Progress Report (June)
Community Engagement Reports
2021 Fall Community Engagement Report
2021 Spring Community Engagement Report
Disadvantaged Business Participation Goals
Through March 2025*
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) are for-profit small business concerns where socially and economically disadvantaged individuals own at least a 51% interest and also control management and daily business operations.
Disadvantaged Business Contract Values
Awarded contract amounts to DBEs to date by race/ethnicity through March 2025*
Awarded contract amounts to DBEs to date by race/ethnicity through March 2025.
Asian-Pacific American | $13,915,317 |
Black American | $11,720,521 |
Caucasian | $11,426,228 |
Hispanic American | $708,074 |
Native American | $2,251,529 |
Current Funding Sources
* The 2023 IBR financial plan identifies a mix of funding sources needed to complete construction, including state contributions ($1B from each state), tolling (approximately $1.24 billion) and federal grants (approximately $2.5B)
Committed Funding
Oregon
- $55,000,000 – CFDA 20.205, title Highway Planning and Construction, Federal Aid Highway Program Funds
- $1,000,000,000 - Committed through HB 5005 (2023). $250,000,000 authorized for bonding in 2023-25 biennium.
Washington
- $45,000,000 – WA State Motor Vehicle account funds.
- $117,700,000 – Committed through Connecting Washington transportation package for Mill Plain Interchange improvements, which are within the IBR program area. Original commitment of $97,000,000 increased to $117,700,000 in 2023 legislative session to reflect inflation to future year of expenditure dollars.
- $1,000,000,000 - Committed through the Move Ahead WA transportation package. $137,500,000 allocated for 2023-25 biennium.
Federal Grants
- $600,000,000 - U.S. Department of Transportation Mega Program funding announced.
- $1,500,000,000- Bridge Investment Program
- $1,499,000,000 Construction grant announced in July 2024
- $1,000,000 Planning grant announced in October 2022
Current Expenditures
Through March 2025*
IBR Program Work | Spent through March 2025* |
WSDOT | $ 6,792,577 |
ODOT | $ 12,992,080 |
General Engineering Consultant** | $ 178,525,243 |
Intergovernmental Agreements | $ 14,762,798 |
*Spending reflects all costs associated with program work since efforts were reinitiated in July 2019, including labor, equipment, and expenses. Oregon and Washington states have agreed to share costs equally, but the timing of funding and expenditures will vary.
**General Engineering Consultant figure reflects costs incurred for work performed through the date indicated.
GEC Expenditures
Expenditures Through March 2025*
Expenditures Through March 2025 |
Description |
21,190,699.46 |
GEC Exp-Program Management |
14,670,744.56 |
GEC Exp-Program Controls |
6,099,682.63 |
GEC Exp-Financial Structures |
10,125,274.83 |
GEC Exp-Communications |
7,667,635.61 |
GEC Exp-Transportation Planning |
25,905,423.50 |
GEC Exp-Environmental |
12,189,560.53 |
GEC Exp-Transit Planning/Engineering |
29,151,428.58 |
GEC Exp-Design Engineering |
13,974,707.81 |
GEC Exp-Major Structures |
12,277,257.77 |
GEC PUBLIC AFFAIRS (PA) & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS |
3,231,455.72 |
GEC PRE-PROCUREMENT & PROCUREMENT SUPPORT |
4,561,912.32 |
GEC INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY |
725,924.77 |
GEC CLIMATE |
4,438,574.11 |
GEC DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION |
379,292.87 |
GEC SAFETY |
1,330,443.60 |
GEC QUALITY & DOCUMENT CONTROL |
3,249,678.60 |
GEC 3rd PARTY AGREEMENTS |
487,900.93 |
GEC CRB PROCUREMENT |
Consultant Representation by Geographic Area
Through March 2025*
PNW firms are firms with offices in OR and WA, that are not in the Portland/Vancouver region.
Portland / Vancouver - 44%
Northwest - 33%
Other - 22%
Program Timeline
The program is utilizing past work as appropriate to maximize past investment and support efficient decision-making, while also taking into account changes that have occurred since the previous planning process to identify a solution that meets current and future community needs and priorities. The IBR program will work with the community, as well as local, state, federal and tribal partners to complete the following work in the coming years:
- Complete the environmental review process
- Obtain state and federal permits
- Finalize program design
- Develop a finance plan
- Secure adequate funding
- Complete right-of-way acquisition
- Advertise for construction
The following chart provides an overview of the target timeline goals for the general buckets of work that need to be completed to begin construction. Community and stakeholder engagement will continue through construction.
Category | Start Date | End Date |
---|---|---|
Program Launch | Fall 2020 | Winter 2021 |
Planning | Fall 2020 | Winter 2022 |
Environmental | Summer 2021 | Winter 2025 |
Design | Winter 2021 | 2026 |
Permitting | Summer 2025 | 2026 |
Pre-Construction | Summer 2025 | 2026 |
Community Engagement | Fall 2020 | Ongoing |
Previous Accountability Dashboards
Accountability Dashboard V.14 October - December 2024
Accountability Dashboard V.14 July - September 2024
Accountability Dashboard V.13 April - June 2024
Accountability Dashboard V.12 January - March 2024
Accountability Dashboard V.11 October -December 2023
Accountability Dashboard V.10 July - September 2023
Accountability Dashboard V.9 April - June 2023
Accountability Dashboard V.8 January - March 2023
Accountability Dashboard V.7 October - December 2022
Accountability Dashboard V.6 July - September 2022
Accountability Dashboard V.5 April - June 2022
Accountability Dashboard V.4 January - March 2022
Accountability Dashboard V.3 September - December 2021
Accountability Dashboard V.2 June - August 2021
Accountability Dashboard V.1 January - May 2021
Number of comments received via email, the website form and public comments from presentations held by the Community Engagement team.