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Fiscal Reality Rears its Head re CRC
In his annual State of the County address, Clark County Chair Steve Stuart asks the $6B question: where’s the money going to come from?
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Columbia River Crossing: Game On!
We’ve been debating The Columbia River Crossing here for most of the last year. Now there’s finally an opportunity to take action. Two key meetings are coming up: Thursday, February 22nd – Metro Council hearing at 2pm (Metro Regional Center, 600 NE Grand, Portland) Tuesday, February 27th – Columbia River Crossing Task Force meeting 4-8pm…
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Staff Cops to $6B Price Tag for CRC
Jim Redden has a piece in the Trib this morning indicating that by the time you roll in all the interchange improvements, we may well be looking at $6B for the Columbia River Crossing. It’s kind of ironic that the entire gap in funding for the Regional Transportation Plan is $6B, and we’re looking at…
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Legislative CRC Meeting Today
A meeting I had not heard of, passed along courtesy of Jim Karlock. Thanks, Jim! Joint Meeting of the Washington Senate Transportation Committee and the Oregon Senate Business, Transportation, and Workforce Development Committee Friday, February 16, 2007 11:30am – 2pm Port of Portland Building 121 NW Everett Portland, OR AGENDA Welcoming Remarks Senator Rick Metsger…
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Liberty: We Must Consider More CRC Alternatives
This is excerpted from Councilor Liberty’s February newsletter. The Columbia River Crossing Study: We Must Consider More Alternatives Than Just a New 10 or 12 Lane Freeway Bridge That May Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion There are very few regional decisions with greater consequences for us than whether to spend $2 billion of taxpayer funds to…