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What’s that About the Sellwood?
An alert reader pointed us to this section of HB 2001, the much-discussed transportation bill. Section 40 creates the ability for Multnomah and/or Clackamas counties to adopt registration feeds to help pay for the bridge. But there’s an interesting twist (in bold below): SECTION 40. ORS 801.041 is amended to read: 801.041. The following apply…
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Business Journal: Lack of Federal Enthusiam for the CRC
The Congressional delegation is so lukewarm that they may only come up with half of the requested $400M in highway funds for the Columbia River Crossing. $0.2B down, $4B to go… [OK, I know that $800M for the transit piece is an easier ask, but I couldn’t resist.]
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Tolling on the CRC Agenda
Tolls and financing are on the agenda when the Columbia River Crossing Sponsors Council meets on Friday: VANCOUVER – The Columbia River Crossing Project Sponsors Council will discuss project financing and tolling, and the number of structures for the replacement I-5 bridge when it meets Friday, June 5. The agenda includes an update on project…
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TriMet Responds on Bridge Design
TriMet spokesperson Mary Fetsch e-mailed me a few minutes ago with the photos you see here (click on the photos to view full-size, the thumbnails don’t really do them justice) and the following statement: Chris: We have selected a bridge architect with more than 40 years experience working on signature bridges including cable-stayed , suspension…
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Total Lack of Bridge Imagination Continues to Plague Region
As if the box-girder Columbia River Crossing was not bad enough, Portland Architecture and several other blogs are reporting that TriMet will ignore the elegant modified cable-stay design by international designer Miguel Rosales in favor of a cheap and generic cable-stay alternative. Maybe while Fred is in Australia he can take a look at the…