Things are getting interesting. The State of the City address is just around the corner. I just have two words for the Mayor: supplemental bridge.

Members of the Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council were told Friday (as reported in the Trib) that tolling could potentially raise $1.49B of the project cost. Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart asked the obvious question: Council member Steve Stuart noted that the estimates did not include any analysis of whether drivers could afford the…

The local government representatives on the Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council are in open rebellion, fighting for control of the project. In a letter to Governors Gregoire and Kulongoski, Metro President David Bragdon, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, new Vancouver Mayor TIm Leavitt and Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart are calling out the project: …we…

The Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council is meeting next on the 22nd. From the project: VANCOUVER – The Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council will discuss performance goals and objectives focused on long-term management of the transportation corridor at its Jan. 22 meeting in Vancouver. CRC is believed to be the only large-scale, multi-modal…

The Tribune reports that ODOT has hired Hans Bernard to: “focus on building greater consensus on the design of the Columbia River Crossing, advance multimodal projects, and strengthen outreach and coordination with the business community in the Portland-Metro area.” In other words, to try to roll the environmental community?