The Port of Hood River’s toll revenue from the Interstate Bridge dropped by about $920,000 in 2020.  Port Executive Director Michael McElwee says after a 40% drop in the first few weeks of the pandemic, it’s leveled out to a 9% to 10% drop in the last few months.  McElwee says the drop will have the Port looking at trimming capital expenditures and dipping into reserves.  But he adds recent federal COVID relief legislation carved out monetary assistance for tolling agencies around the country, with states receiving the funds to distribute by formula.  Hood River County Commission Chair Mike Oates is on the Oregon Department of Transportation’s Region 1 Area Commission on Transportation, and is asking County Commissioners at a meeting Tuesday whether they support using COVID relief funds to fill in for the loss of toll revenue.