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CRC Alternatives Coming to Your TV
The panel presentation of Columbia River Crossing alternatives generated by the community was recorded by Portland Community Media and you can catch these upcoming broadcasts on Portland Channel 30 (CityNet): Monday 9/20/2010, 5:00pm Friday 9/24/2010, 9:30pm Sunday 9/26/2010, 8:00am Metro Councilor Robert Libertry, who organized the panel, also indicates that he will have the video…
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Walking the Central City
As part of the Portland Plan process, the City will be updating the Central City Plan (the project is being called CC2035). The Central City is being broken into quadrants, and North/Northeast is being worked on first. Two walks are planned to assess the current situation and opportunities: N/NEQ Community Walk- Lloyd District Saturday, September…
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Should Portland Help Pay for Sellwood?
Mayor Adams is being accused of dragging his feet on the City’s contribution to the Sellwood Bridge replacement. But let’s step back a bit. Is it the best use of $8M/year of the City’s share of increased gas tax revenues to fund a County facility (we’ll leave aside the question of whether having the County…
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CRC Light Rail to Get Stand Alone Vote
Some interesting politics in Clark County played out today as the C-Tran board, over the objections of the City of Vancouver, decided to place two measures on the ballot next year, one for existing bus service and one specifically for light rail. Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt had argued for one combined ballot measure.
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Steve Duin on CRC Community Alternatives