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Finding a solution to the state’s road funding problems is one of the highest-profile — and politically tricky — problems lawmakers will consider next year.

Seven years ago, lawmakers poured more than $5 billion into improving roads, bridges and public transit in Oregon. Now, lawmakers are in the earliest stages of crafting the next likely multi-billion dollar transportation package – but this time around, the focus is more on maintaining existing roads than expanding or building new ones.

A proposed wildlife crossing over I-5 in Southern Oregon would be the first over one of the nation’s busiest freeways. State transit officials are seeking federal infrastructure funding to build the crossing.

Proceeds from a new license plate in Oregon will fund two projects meant to help wildlife make it safely across busy highways.

Gov. Tina Kotek isn’t on board with legislative plans to commit $1 billion in state-issued bonds to replace the Interstate 5 bridge connecting Oregon and Washington.

The City of Medford is overseeing renovations that began on Friday. The project will upgrade a rural country road to a modern thoroughfare through the Rogue Valley.

The landslide underneath U.S. Highway 101 caused the roadway to drop as much as 12 feet in some areas.

More than $6 million from the state will help towns that have 5,000 or fewer residents and that have roads considered inadequate and or unsafe for the capacity they carry.