Category: Columbia Crossing

  • CRC Week: Rail Transit, TR-5, TR-6, TR-11, TR-12

    The report (PDF 3.3M) contains four different rail transit options on pages 4-5, 4-6 and 4-10 to 4-12 (PDF, 393K). The options include Light Rail, Streetcar, Commuter Rail and Heavy Rail. Staff recommend further consideration of Light Rail and Streetcar, but not Commuter Rail or Heavy Rail. The rationale is that current rail lines will…

  • CRC Week: RC-7 to RC-12 the Supplemental Bridges

    The second batch of projects to discuss are the supplemental freeway bridge concepts. Like the replacement bridges, they could be located either immediately east or west of the existing bridges, and come in three height variations: Low (65 foot verical clearance), Medium (110 foot vertical clearance) or High (130 foot vertical clearance). You can find…

  • CRC Week: RC-1 to RC-6 the Replacement Bridges

    The first batch of projects to discuss are the replacement freeway bridge concepts. They could be located either immediately east or west of the existing bridges, and come in three height variations: Low (65 foot verical clearance), Medium (110 foot vertical clearance) or High (130 foot vertical clearance). You can find detailed descriptions on pages…

  • CRC Week Ground Rules

    Here we go! We’re going to dive into a detailed discussion of the Columbia River Crossing options that are under consideration to advance into the Environmental Impact Statement phase of the study process. We’ll be looking at each of the 37 different components (split into about 10 different groups). Staff has evaluated each of these…

  • Theme Week Coming Up: The Columbia Crossing

    Last night I attended the Columbia River Crossing open house at Hayden Island (one was also held the prior evening in Vancouver). The key output of this phase of public comment is to influence the project components that go forward in the Environmental Impact Statement process. There are actually 23 separate crossing elements and 14…