Oregon Adopts New Rules For Highway Access

This is an important alert for owners of property abutting state highways in Oregon and for developers interested in development projects that will need access to Oregon's state highways. 

A new access management bill was passed into law in Oregon's 2011 legislative session that will revolutionize highway access permitting in Oregon. SB 264 became effective on July 1, 2011. The access management administrative rules of the Oregon Department of Transportation ("ODOT") contained in OAR Chapter 734, Division 51 are now invalid to the extent that they are inconsistent with the new statutory provisions. ODOT has just initiated formal rulemaking procedures to adopt new administrative rules consistent with the new statute before the end of the year.