Randy Gragg takes on the Columbia River Crossing from the perspective of Hayden Island.

JK’s take (PDF, 809K)

The letter is very diplomatic, but makes three points very firmly about the Columbia River Crossing: If you toll I-5, you better toll I-205, we don’t want your damn congestion Keep the costs real and practical (and by implication the scope as well) Don’t you dare soak up all the transportation funding in the region,…

Click image for a full-size view A variation on the supplemental bridge theme, Spencer Boomhower gets his idea onto one page with full illustrations. Very nice!

I clearly missed an important meeting at the Columbia River Crossing Independent Review Panel yesterday. Metro President David Bragdon gave this testimony (PDF, 112K), with a clear call for “Plan B”: Moreover, we need an expedited process to get us to Plan B quickly, through a collaborative governance model which makes the highway divisions participants…