World renowned transportation architect Kevin Peterson says the manual for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is well written and well respected around the nation, but he has difficulty understanding why it was not followed to create the design for the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project. In ...
The power to govern is placed in a few, very select hands that allow little counter balance when unsound policies are foisted into the discussion. Out of approximately 100 people who could be tracked giving oversight to the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project, most of those who served ...
Vancouver is pushing the same policies that have driven more than 1.6 million people out of California since the year 2000. The radical push for new hyper-density development in narrowly confined corridors is done all in the name of saving the planet, even though increasing density and congestion worsens pollution ...
The almost ONE BILLION DOLLAR question is: Who initiated the Columbia River Crossing, and when was light-rail included in the plans? Light-rail history from author Randal O’Toole’s book, The Best Laid Plans (pg. 151), states that Mayor Neil Goldschmidt cancelled construction of a planned freeway, then funneled the funds into ...
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 ...
An observant citizen sent snapshots of the testing happening now on Hayden Island near the Jantzen Beach shopping mall in Portland, Ore. The pile test work is being conducted by Spokane firm Max J. Kuney Construction. The question arose whether there are historical, archeological and/or environmental groups on hand. ...
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 ...
Gillian Wallis is losing her building, her tenants, and her patience. Last year, representatives of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling project alerted Wallis that the historic building she and her husband Bob had invested three-quarters of a million dollars remodeling was slated to be razed in a push ...
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 ...
The Columbia River Crossing story of intrigue continues to reveal bizarre twists and turns that baffle common sense. For the first time in recent years, a legislative body was able to hear from sources other than the CRC yesterday. What was presented was nothing short of jaw dropping. To understand ...
In January 2003, Tim Leavitt was appointed to city council to fill a vacancy. In November 2003, he was officially elected to the council. By 2009, he campaigned against tolls on the looming Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project and ousted Royce Pollard as mayor. Before 30 days were up, ...
The Columbia River Crossing Light Rail Tolling backers continue to propagate known misleading statements exposed long ago as false. In an article just published in the Battle Ground Reflector ironically titled “Setting the records straight on the CRC,” Mayor Tim Leavitt continues to mislead citizens by making statements known to ...
It has taken two years of construction, more than 160,000 man hours and 3.8 miles of shelf space, but the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District is ready for its next chapter as it debuts Vancouver’s newest library July 17. The new facility replaces the old main community library that has stood at the corner of Mill Plain and Fort Vancouver Way for nearly fifty years.
