As the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project (CRC) moves from its initial development stages into acquisition of permits and construction financing, public opposition to the proposed construction project shows absolutely no signs of abating. The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) began its Mar. 23 workshop on the ...
Harsh criticism of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project (CRC) came from residents of Portland’s northern neighborhoods during the March meeting of Oregon’s Joint Committee on Legislative Oversight on the CRC. Speakers representing the north and northeast Portland communities were unanimous in their belief that current plans of ...
The next step in the process to push Portland’s light rail into Vancouver is to secure taxes to fund expenses for operation and maintenance (O&M). Unlike the cost to construct light rail – which is funneled through state and federal taxes – monies for operation and maintenance are derived from ...
Responding to the myriad of criticisms that have been leveled against the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project (CRC), urban design architect George Crandall and mass transit advocate Jim Howell have developed a plan that they have labeled the Common Sense Alternative (CSA). The pair first joined forces in ...
Citizens standing in opposition to the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project (CRC) project had a recent opportunity to voice their opinions before Oregon officials. Addressing the Joint Committee on Legislative Oversight on the Columbia River Crossing during their Mar. 16 informational meeting, a series of community leaders and ...
Community Development Grants Manager Peggy Sheehan had both good and bad news to impart to Vancouver City Council at its Mar. 5 meeting. Working in conjunction with HOME (Home Investment Partnership Program) and CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) and Program Coordinator Martin Greenlee, she began by outlining all the terrific ...
As part of the general effort to restructure and expand parks and recreation services that has been underway since February of 2010, city staff is considering introducing an initiative to form a Vancouver Metropolitan Park District (MPD). First enacted into Washington State law in 1907, MPD’s are governmental entities created ...
Working in conjunction with Vancouver’s Police and Fire Departments, City officials are considering modifications to local fireworks ordinances that could change the way residents celebrate Independence Day for years to come. Current policy permits the use of approved firework devices within city limits from July 1st to July 4th and ...
Efforts to balance industrial and residential interests in the Countryside Woods neighborhood continued during the March 5th meeting of Vancouver’s City Council. The Evergreen Pit, located on the corner of NE 18th and NE 155th, has served as a valuable local source of gravel for decades, but the details surrounding ...
Vancouver’s city attorney and City Council members are looking at a proposal that would prohibit retail stores from exposing minors to implements associated with drug use. Responding to the efforts of a local community organization, late last year the City Council began examining ways in which legal ordinances might be ...
Proposals to extend gravel mining operations in and around the Evergreen Pit have residents of Vancouver’s Countryside Woods neighborhood worried. Situated on 19.42 acres just southwest of the intersection of NE 18th and NE 155th, the Evergreen Pit (formerly known as the Schmid Pit) began supplying the region with gravel ...
The City of Vancouver is considering a new way to pay for transportation system upgrades, and is looking to Vancouver’s Neighborhood Traffic Safety Alliance for input and grassroots support. At the Neighborhood Traffic Safety Alliance (NTSA) meeting Feb. 21, Vancouver’s long-range planning manager, Matt Ransom, acquainted NTSA citizen volunteers with ...
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