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The Oregon Department of Transportation is facing layoffs that will decimate its workforce.
Later this month, an estimated 600 to 700 workers in the state transportation agency will receive layoff notices. The pink slips come after the Legislature failed to pass a transportation package that would prop up an agency facing declining fuel-tax revenues because of increased use of fuel-efficient and electric vehicles amid a backdrop of soaring inflation.
A state memo sent to the more than 4,700 current ODOT employees says the affected workers will hear from their managers this week and receive a formal letter next week…