Columbia River Crossing
High-tech leaders: Address I-5 Bridge now
Add Clark County's high-tech business leaders to the chorus of local voices who aren't pleased with the transportation revenue package under consideration in the Washington Legislature this year. The Clark County […]
CRC in the national spotlight again
Bloomberg News may not have a huge following in Clark County, but the New York-based outlet turned heads Friday with a lengthy piece recounting the demise of the Columbia River […]
A “mitigation payment” for Thompson Metal Fab?
Buried in the long list of expenditures paid out by the Columbia River Crossing during the past decade is an item that may have caught the attention of some readers. In […]
Herrera Beutler again presses Coast Guard on CRC
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler this week sent a letter to the U.S. Coast Guard again pressing the agency for internal records related to the now-defunct Columbia River Crossing. The Coast […]
CRC on the ropes? Shhh… Don’t tell the FTA
2013 was a tough year for the Columbia River Crossing. One state pulled out of the proposed Interstate 5 Bridge replacement after lawmakers authorized no money for it. Much of the […]
Did Benton’s bill seal the CRC’s fate in Salem?
When the Washington state Senate passed Sen. Don Benton's bill blocking the transfer of seized property to an agency of another state -- a clear shot at the Columbia River […]
Herrera Beutler questions absence of CRC oversight reports
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, this week asked the Federal Transit Administration why regular oversight reports on the Columbia River Crossing abruptly stopped last year. In a letter sent to […]
C-Tran in the spotlight in Olympia
It's been four months since C-Tran inked a contract with TriMet to operate light rail in Vancouver as part of the Columbia River Crossing project. But the controversial deal is […]
Clark County Democrats ask Inslee to stand with them on CRC
Gov. Jay Inslee should veto any state transportation package that doesn't include $450 million for the Columbia River Crossing project, Clark County Democrats said in a resolution the local party […]
CRC bridge height remains a talking point in transportation package debate
Move aside Seattle's cracked 520 Bridge pontoons and Tacoma's misplaced Highway 16 ramps, there's a new transportation controversy in the arsenal of transportation-reform advocates, and it hails from Southwest Washington. In […]