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TriMet Bridge Groundbreaking Event Video
Here is the full-length video (30min) from today’s TriMet press event held at OMSI, marking the official start of construction for the first new Portland-area Willamette river crossing in approx. 40 years. This video features the complete remarks, with a few occasional extra shots edited over the top. (Updated July 5th – Original version contained…
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What’s Up with the FTA and PMLR?
Update: TriMet says they were not expecting funding in this round, and that the project is in the President’s FY12 Budget, which is when they expect the first funding. Original Post: The FTA released their latest round of New Starts funding, and Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail was not on the list. According to some sources, $200M…
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Vancouver City Council Thinks CRC Light Rail is a Done Deal?
Based on the quotes in this Oregonian article, it would appear that the view is that the citizen vote in 2012 is about how to fund transit operations on the Columbia River Crossing, not whether to: The C-Tran board of directors, which includes three Vancouver City Council representatives, has set a vote on the sales…