Category: Columbia Crossing

  • KGW Online Poll on CRC

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  • Oregonian Articles Highlights How Little CRC Will Do for Congestion

    Congestion, even with the CRC, will be worse in 2030 than it is today. And the bottleneck at the Rose Quarter will get worse. Of course, supporters will say that without the new bridge, congestion would be even worse in 2030. But that misses the key points: – We can’t build our way out of…

  • CRC Makes Ironic Pairing at JPACT

    I couldn’t suppress a chuckle when reading the agenda (PDF, 32K) for the JPACT meeting coming up on Thursday. The committee will not only vote on the LPA and RTP amendment for the Columbia River Crossing, but they will also vote on an RTP amendment “to Reduce the ODOT Region 1 Modernization Program”. In transportation-speak,…

  • A Little Daylight in Council Consideration of CRC

    The Portland Mercury is reporting that Commissioner Dan Saltzman is shopping the idea of withholding Council support for the Columbia River Crossing Locally Preferred Alternative until the independent analyses that both the Portland City Council and Metro Council have requested are complete. Apparently it’s dawning on these guys that once they approve the LPA they…

  • The Other CRC Decision

    While everyone is (justifiably) focused on the Locally Preferred Alternative decision for the Columbia River Crossing, a correspondent points out that another decision related to the project is being rushed through. The required amendment to add the CRC to the Regional Transportation Plan is now in the pipeline. It was pushed through TPAC last Friday…