Columbia River Crossing

By Guest Columnist, David Bragdon  

February 26, 2010

Metro candidates flash their economy-friendly credentials 

Portland Business Alliance gathering hears plans to lure more jobs, businesses

BY STEVE LAWThe Portland Tribune, Feb 17, 2010

It’s the economy, stupid.

The old Bill Clinton campaign mantra seemed top-of-mind Wednesday, as the three contenders for Metro president stressed job creation in a joint appearance before the Portland Business Alliance.

 Metro and 3 Portland counties approve urban expansion, farm protections

By Eric Mortenson, The Oregonian
February 08, 2010, 10:19PM

Metro and the three Portland-area counties rolled the dice on a collaborative future Monday, approving a long-range planning map that designates which areas will be developed and which will be reserved for farms and forests for the next 40 to 50 years.

January 19th

Metro Council President David Bragdon, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and Clark County Chairman Steve Stuart today presented governors of Washington and Oregon with a letter that casts new doubts on the future of the proposed Columbia River Crossing bridge between Portland and Vancouver.

POSTED: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 06:50 PM PT
BY: Justin Carinci

If the effort to replace the Interstate 5 bridge has ground to a halt, that’s news to Columbia River Crossing officials. The Oregon and Washington transportation departments are still working on the joint project despite pronouncements of doubt from both sides of the river.

“We’ve recently made several steps that move the project forward,” said Columbia River Crossing spokeswoman Anne Presentin.

Region’s transportation hopes conflict with greenhouse goals

By Steve Law

The Portland Tribune, Nov 12, 2009

The Portland area’s $20 billion transportation wish list and its pledge to reduce greenhouse gases are on a collision course.

A new Metro study shows that population growth coupled with a soon-to-be-approved Regional Transportation Plan will result in so much metro-area traffic that greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles will jump 49 percent.

A tale of two cities' crossings: different takes on congestion

POSTED: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 04:06 PM PT

BY: Justin Carinci
Robert E. Kline/AP)

Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver, B.C. (Photo: Robert E. Kline/AP)

Portland’s Columbia River bridges have close parallels with the Burrard Inlet crossings in Vancouver, B.C. But different views on handling congestion have set the two areas on separate paths: a new bridge in the works for Portland, and no new construction planned for Vancouver, B.C.

By Guest Columnist

November 19, 2009, 7:30AM

Halloween was more than two weeks ago, and yet the Columbia River Crossing project continues to haunt the region like a zombie that just won't die. The latest rendition of the I-5 bridge supported by the CRC Project Sponsors Council is just the newest idea to break out of the living dead's coffin.