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CRC Capsule Review
Back in April, I enthused about the international design panel brought to Portland to critique the Columbia River Crossing and suggested it was worth the 2 hours to listen to the audio of the event. Happily, the highlights of that session are now available as three video segments of about 6 minutes each. If you…
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Oregonian Makes it Official: We Can Talk About CRC Alternatives
So the editorial board decrees: The Columbia River Crossing, imagined for a decade and energetically planned since 2005, had bogged down this winter over objections from the city of Portland, Metro, Hayden Island residents and a gaggle of alarmed architects and urban planners. The delicate consensus reached two years ago to proceed with the bridge…
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CRC Critique Continues: This Time in “Portland Monthly”
Randy Gragg takes on the Columbia River Crossing from the perspective of Hayden Island.
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CRC One-pager from the Loyal Opposition
JK’s take (PDF, 809K)
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Clackamas County Weighs in on CRC
The letter is very diplomatic, but makes three points very firmly about the Columbia River Crossing: If you toll I-5, you better toll I-205, we don’t want your damn congestion Keep the costs real and practical (and by implication the scope as well) Don’t you dare soak up all the transportation funding in the region,…