The Bonneville Power Administration is in the planning process for the potential construction of a new electrical transmission line in Southwest Washington. As part of that planning process, the BPA expects to release a draft environmental impact statement later this year, so Doug Johnson and Mark Korsness from BPA stopped by couv.com to talk about the planning process in the latest episode of Cla
A Washington voter initiative to ban rush-hour toll increases appears headed for the November ballot, after organizers collected more than 327,000 signatures. The proposal, Initiative 1125, would, among other things, require that toll rates be set by the Washington Legislature, and that the rates would be steady throughout the ...
The Vancouver City Council continued a review of its Ethics and Conduct Policy Monday night, with City Attorney Ted Gathe and Policy Development Manager Jan Bader leading the council through proposed changes that picked up where a prior discussion in June left off – that council members charging another council member ...
1999 Dec. 20, 1999: City Council passes an ethics policy. Code of Ethics, City of Vancouver. PDF File, 258 MB 2010 Sept. 14, 2010: Jeanne Harris has an outburst during City Council meeting and demands mayor “gavel down” a citizen addressing the council. After the meeting ended she tells fellow ...
Architect Kevin Peterson stopped by COUV.COM to share his transit and transportation planning knowledge in the latest episode of Clark County Today. Peterson has more than 30 years of experience that includes work on transportation projects the world over, including design and consultation on at least a half-dozen bridge projects and ...
The impact of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project* on neighborhoods will be significant, according to CRC Environmental Manager Heather Gunderson in a presentation to the Vancouver City Council during a workshop session on June 27. Vancouver Transportation Policy Director Thayer Rorabaugh and CRC Director Nancy Boyd joined Gunderson ...
Listen to an audio podcast of this interview here: There are 100 missing children in Clark County and there’s a good chance many of those kids been taken for the purpose of sex trafficking, says Cyndi Romine. Romine, of ‘Called to Rescue’ says this community’s position along the I-5 corridor makes it ...
The City Council examined transportation maps at a Monday workshop to determine how traffic patterns will change according to plans for the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project*. Council members saw visuals that show CRC access points at Fourth Plain, Mill Plain and the State Route-500/39th Street interchange. The presentation ...
Monday’s City Council workshop presented two hours of information on the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Project. Twenty minutes in, Thayer Rorabaugh, Vancouver’s transportation policy director, asserted that light rail had already been approved. He noted that on July 7, 2008 the City Council endorsed a replacement bridge with a ...
The Building Industry Group brought together Washington state legislators Sen. Joe Zarelli (R-Ridgefield), Rep. Ed Orcutt (R-Kalama), and freshman representatives Ann Rivers (R-La Center) and Paul Harris (R-Vancouver) to share their views on the recently completed legislative session. The crowd responded with enthusiastic applause when Zarelli shared his vision that ...
Listen to an audio podcast of this interview here: Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna believes it’s important for the public to have access to information when it’s asked for. McKenna, who stopped by COUV.COM on June 16, said that type of transparency is a key component of his campaign. That ...
Metro councilors granted a cautious yet key approval to the Columbia River Crossing project* Thursday, voting to sign off that many of Metro’s concerns about the project have been addressed, or will be. After a two-hour meeting, councilors voted 5-1 in favor of a resolution saying that the concerns, first raised ...
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