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Here Comes CRC 1.1
The Trib reports that according to “sources who declined to be identified” project staff are briefing local leaders on alternatives to trim the cost of the Columbia River Crossing project. I thought we were supposed to have public process for this sort of thing? How about going back and doing a supplement DEIS to introduce…
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Time to Reconceptualize the CRC
The election of a new mayor in Vancouver, one who ran on the platform of a slimmed-down Columbia River Crossing that would not require tolls for funding, should be an opportunity to re-examine the fundamentals of the project. The Oregonian editorial board is begging the presumed Mayor-elect to “shoulder the realities of this project”. Meanwhile,…
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Ask Not Who Tolls the CRC, it Tolls for Thee
Monday’s Oregonian points out that the Vancouver mayoral election is the not the definitive word on tolling for the Columbia River Crossing. In fact, tolling will be decided in the state capitols, by the Washington Legislature and the Oregon Transportation Commission. In fact, although the article does not go into this, it would seem more…
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350 This Weekend
What’s magic about 350? That’s the upper limit (in parts per million) of Carbon Dioxide in the atmosphere to keep climate change to a manageable level. The problem is, we’re already at 390ppm and increasing. A series of rallies around the world are scheduled for October 24th, including one here in Portland protesting the Columbia…
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Bragdon on CRC
A “personal statement” from Metro President David Bragdon about the current state of Columbia River Crossing discussions popped up on Metro’s web site today. Included in the statement: We can’t afford that version, and it wouldn’t work anyway: the jumbo proposal has no realistic financing, loses public support the more people learn about it, and…