Category: Sellwood Bridge

  • Sellwood Recommendation – It’s “D”

    Just in from regular reader Jason Barbour: Please allow me to interrupt the stream of recent “All CRC All the Time” comments in the aforementioned thread, and in “8, 10, 12?,” for the following late-breaking news regarding the Sellwood Bridge Project: The Community Task Force has met as the CTF for the final time, and…

  • Sellwood Options Nearing Recommendation

    The Daily Journal of Commerce reports that Sellwood Bridge Advisory Group is nearing a decision on a recommendation for a preferred bridge option.

  • Updated: Sellwood Options Defined

    Updated: 11/08/08 Full documents now available. Original Post: 10/28/08 While the final report will not be out until next month, today’s O has an infographic with the major options for dealing with the Sellwood.

  • Rojo de Steffey Calls for Sellwood Closure

    Today’s Oregonian quotes County Commissioner Maria Rojo de Steffey calling for closing the Sellwood Bridge: “I’m ready now to close it,” Rojo de Steffey said. “On my watch I don’t want to be responsible if it goes down.” Would closing the bridge be good policy, or just a play for changing the funding politics?

  • Sellwood Transportation Projects

    The Sellwood neighborhood has been in the news several times recently with regards to transportation issues. The bridge committee recently recommended four bridge designs and four alignments for further study. Theresa Pucik, the vice chairwoman of the Sellwood-Moreland Improvement League, was quoted in the Clackamas Review recently decrying the planned location of the Bybee Blvd…