The Columbia River Crossing project has refreshed the look of their web site. The press release indicates that they are trying to make material easier to find. Having looked at the reorganized document library, I’m not sure they’re there yet (maybe a subject index of some kind would help!). There is a search engine, so…

The Columbia River Crossing task force will not meet in May, in fact their June meeting is the only one currently scheduled (what will they be doing all fall?). Here’s the update from the project staff: The Columbia River Crossing Task Force will hold its next meeting on June 26 in Portland to receive a…

Find out on Wednesday at PSU: The Nohad Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning with Planning Includes Equity (PIE) proudly presents: The Spring 2007 Brown Bag Series COLUMBIA RIVER CROSSING PANEL DISCUSSION Featuring Joe Cortwright, Impresa Consulting Jay Lyman, Columbia River Crossing Staff, Scott Chapman, Sierra Club Silvia Evans, EJAG Wednesday, April 18th 12pm-1:30PM…

The subcommittee’s proposal for using the existing bridges for Northbound traffic while putting transit and southbound traffic on a new bridge was approved by the full Columbia River Crossing task force last night (Oregonian coverage). So this will be studied in the EIS along with the big bridge and no build options. Does this provide…

Friday’s Trib notes that the task force committee working on a “mid-range” alternative for the Columbia River Crossing will wrap up its work today on a supplemental bridge proposal. A more exciting idea in the same issue is Jim Howell’s opinion piece that High Capacity Transit (read Light Rail) could shoulder much of the capacity…