The southbound I-5 closure through Portland’s Rose Quarter is facing its first major weekday commute, with thousands of drivers looking for alternate routes and transportation officials monitoring traffic in real time.
Rose Gerber with the Oregon Department of Transportation joins KATU live to discuss what ODOT is seeing on the roads, where officials are watching for problems and what the agency can do if detours begin to gridlock.
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