The DOTs appear set on picking the ugly design (PDF), even over the protests of their own Urban Design Advisory Group. The Northeast Coaltion of Neighborhoods will hold a public forum on the Columbia River Crossing on March 7th.

Sarah Mirk at the Merc is reporting that the Port of Portland provided $50K in funding to the business-centric “Columbia River Crossing Coalition” which advocates in support of the project. “Astroturfing” doesn’t quite describe this, we need a different word…

Steve Duin isn’t shy regarding his feelings about the project’s management. Meanwhile, the chair of the Columbia River Crossing Bridge Review Panel will present the three recommended design types this Thursday: Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 6-7:30 p.m. Portland Expo Center, Hall D 2060 N Marine Drive, Portland

I just want to highlight this comment left earlier this evening on an earlier post about the Columbia River Crossing. Hard to say it more articulately: February 8, 2011 8:09 PM David Bragdon Says: The real question, and the one which will determine whether anything gets built, is whether the Governors recognize that for the…

As reported by the O’s Joe Rose, the “Bridge Review Panel” for the Columbia River Crossing, convened in response to the Independent Review Panel’s concerns about the unproven “open web box girder” design has recommended terminating that design and choosing from among three other design types: Cable Stay Tied Arch Deck Truss The 146-page report…