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Strange Bedfellows Organize to Oppose CRC
From the press release: February 12, 2013 For immediate release (pdf version attached) Media Contacts: Mara Gross – 503-225-0333, mara@clfuture.org Lindsay Berschauer – 503-708-2558, Lindsay@leonaconsulting.com Bipartisan Coalition Forms Against The Columbia River Crossing Today, progressive and conservative organizations, businesses, and individuals announced the formation of a bipartisan coalition to oppose the current plan for the…
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My CRC Letter to the Legislature
Sent to my representatives and to committee staff to include in the record for the funding bills: Representative Greenlick and Senator Steiner Hayward, As the joint committee begins consideration of funding bills for the Columbia River Crossing (recently renamed the I-5 Bridge Replacement) I am writing to you as my representatives to share my concerns…
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First Major CRC Hearing at Legislature – Monday Afternoon
The legislature has created a joint committee to deal with the funding bills for the Columbia River Crossing (in search of $450M for Oregon’s share of the funding). This appears to be designed to expedite getting the bill(s) to the floor of the respective chambers for a quick vote. The joint committee has scheduled a…
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More CRC fun and games
In an apparent reversal from campaign promises made to environmentalists, Portland mayor Charlie Hales is now supporting the Columbia River Crossing–albeit with a few reservations (he called it a “work in progress that needs more refinement”). Hales also cautioned the anti-LRT petitioners in Clark County that “The CRC without LRT is DOA”. In related news,…
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Two cities, two different visions for TV Highway
In this morning’s Oregonian (in the West Metro community news section of the paper’s print edition, which does not yet appear to be posted online), Andrew Theen and Nicole Friedman report on differing visions for Tualatin Valley Highway (OR-8), a major east-west thoroughfare connecting the cities of Beaverton and Hillsboro. The highway–the route of TriMet’s…