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May 4, 2010
It's More Than One Page, But...
A reader reminds us that back in 2005, a PSU class for Professor Will Macht did a Columbia River Crossing concept around a waterfront development named "Quayside".
It's 8 pages (PDF, 2.1M), not one, but the idea of actually linking the CRC to land use is apparently completely foreign to the project team, so I though a refresher might be useful.
Posted by Chris Smith at 12:43 AM
Comments
May 4, 2010 10:27 AM
Carter Says:
Great thanks to Robert Liberty for starting this brainstorming project. It is generating a wealth of thoughtful ideas.
May 4, 2010 2:52 PM
Carter Says:
After reading and thinking about this proposal, I have the following thoughts.
1. The cost won't be close to $200 million. But it would certainly be cheaper than the current design.
2. I don't see the benefit of an additional bridge for high speed intercity rail if it is going to run on BNSF tracks in other places.
3. The new arterial bridge next to the rail bridge would feed traffic through St. Johns and over the St. Johns Bridge. Streets would have to be enlarged to accommodate that traffic.
4. The proposed light rail alignment means a big detour away from its present location, and on the north side it is far from Vancouver's population centers.
May 4, 2010 9:42 PM
Dave H Says:
It's a nice project, but the Boise Cascade site is planned, regardless of the transportation concept, to do a lot of the things he's asking for. The Red Lion ideas are somewhat farfetched though, but I don't think they had finished investigating the problems at the time this was written. As I understand it it's just too far gone to be saved at this point since some of the required repairs would never be allowed due to environmental restrictions of some sort.
