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From the CRC Watch
Local news on the Columbia River Crossing: International Design Panel (one the project didn’t pay for) disses the project. I had a chance to listen to the audio today, and this is the most cogent critique of the absolute failure of imagination and leadership that this bridge is. A must listen – every minute of…
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In Dissent
I spent a pleasant 40 minutes yesterday being interviewed on the PDX.fm (Internet radio) “PDX Gen-Y” program about the Columbia River Crossing. You can check it out here (look for the April 5th episode).
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That’s the Sound of the CRC Unravelling
The two major candidates for the Democratic nomination for Governor both oppose a 12-lane Columbia River Crossing (Bradbury favors the supplemental bridge approach). Earl Blumenauer declined to put in an earmark request this year for Federal support for ongoing planning.
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If Only…
I’m going to miss David Bragdon’s sense of humor when he’s termed out as Metro President. They’ve done an April fool’s day agenda (I suspect it will hit the web later today) for the Council. I can only wish this were real: 7.3 Resolution No. 10-4140, For the Purpose of Getting Real About the Columbia…
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Eavesdropping on a CRC Phone Call
With the Mercury’s Sarah Mirk. Two comments on the exchanges Sarah has written up. Nobody is talking about the elephant in the room: the Hayden Island Interchange design certainly has impacts on the community there, but it’s also about whether the Port of Portland gets to develop the West end of the Island at some…