Portland Transport

Category: Projects

  • 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…

  • Sellwood Briefing on Monday

    Public invited to Sellwood Bridge briefing A major planning effort for the Sellwood Bridge will be explained to the public on Monday, April 17 from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at the Portland French School, 6318 SW Corbett Avenue. Multnomah County has secured funds to begin planning work for a long-term solution to the serious…