Courtesy of the Mayor’s office, here is the presentation (PDF, 1.8M) of the URS Columbia River Crossing analysis and alternatives that was presented to the Portland Freight Advisory Committee last week. We also have a full-size PDF map (3.4M) of the combined Marine Drive/Hayden Island interchange. The key idea seems to be to use a…

From the project: Project Sponsors Council co-chairs invite public testimony on Hayden Island access options June 14 PORTLAND – The co-chairs of the Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council invite public testimony on Hayden Island access options on Monday, June 14. Oregon co-chair Henry Hewitt and Washington co-chair Steve Horenstein will hear public testimony on…

A little bit ago, I referenced that testimony had been presented to the Independent Review Panel for the Columbia River Crossing by a consultant hired by the City of Portland to review the project data. A few PowerPoint slides (PDF) from the URS (the consultant hired by the City) presentation are now on the the…

Back in April, I enthused about the international design panel brought to Portland to critique the Columbia River Crossing and suggested it was worth the 2 hours to listen to the audio of the event. Happily, the highlights of that session are now available as three video segments of about 6 minutes each. If you…

So the editorial board decrees: The Columbia River Crossing, imagined for a decade and energetically planned since 2005, had bogged down this winter over objections from the city of Portland, Metro, Hayden Island residents and a gaggle of alarmed architects and urban planners. The delicate consensus reached two years ago to proceed with the bridge…