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Next Round of Public Input on Columbia River Crossing Starts
As we’ve discussed, the staff recommendation (PDF, 1.8M) for the Environmental Impact Statement phase of the analysis of the Columbia River Crossing product is to look at two options (in addtion to the “no build” do nothing option which is required by Federal rules): Replacement Freeway Bridge with Light Rail and Replacement Freeway Bridge with…
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Updated: Staff Says Tear Them Down
Update: 11/22/06 DOT officials continue pushing the message in today’s O. Original Post: 9/29/06 The recommendation from the project staff for the Columbia River Crossing is to remove the existing bridge spans because of seismic issues and challenges with river traffic. But the older span is on the National Register of Historic Places. And a…
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Updated: Purposefully Approaching Sellwood
Update: 11/15/06 The Daily Journal of Commerce weighs in with coverage today. Original Post: 11/14/06 Whenever a project is going to have a Federal funding component, there is typically a two-tier governance structure for the project. A citizen/stakeholder committee will work through the details, making recommendations to a steering committee, which is composed of elected…
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More Sellwood Meetings
Aaron has a nice piece on his blog, Transportation Innovations, about the current state of the Sellwood Bridge process. Which is a nice segue into the next two meetings in the process: On Monday, November 6 the project’s Community Task Force will meet from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm at Sellwood Baptist Church, 1104 SE…
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Sellwood Bridge Meeting Tomorrow
The first public open house for the SellwoodBridge project will take place on Wednesday, October 25 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Oaks Park Dance Pavilion, located at 7100 SE Oaks Park Way. More details…