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CRC Open House Question # 1
Here’s the first question of twelve from the Columbia River Crossing project open house. We’ll bundle up all the responses for all the questions and forward them to the project staff to include in the public comment record. Do you agree with the staff recommendation for the bridge? Recommendation: Replace the existing bridge with a…
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Report from the CRC Open House
The first open house leading up to the DEIS (Draft Environment Impact Statement) options choice was held Saturday in Vancouver (an earlier event was canceled due to weather and will be rescheduled). There are two other open houses currently scheduled. Turnout seemed reasonably strong and as in other rounds, there was story-telling and activities for…
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Update on Columbia Crossing Open Houses
Last night’s open house in Battle Ground was cancelled due to weather. Staff is promising to try to get another event scheduled in Clark County. Meanwhile, since my initial post, another event got added to the schedule: Tuesday, January 30th, 2007 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. 12050 N. Jantzen Dr. (across from Safeway, next to…
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CRC and Land Use
One of the persistent questions being asked about the Columbia River Crossing project is whether it won’t exacerbate the jobs-housing imbalance between the two sides of the river. Staff’s answer is that it won’t, and that this was validated with a modeling run in Metro’s Metroscope tool. I’ve asked staff for a copy of the…
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CRC to Heal Vancouver?
In today’s Daily Journal of Commerce, Mayor Royce Pollard of Vancouver is quoted as hoping that based on the ramp design and possibly capping portions of I-5, he’s hoping the CRC will help heal Vancouver’s downtown. “The concern for me and the community is that we have an opportunity to heal and reconstruct what was…