Despite being decried as an inefficient, multi-billion-dollar mess by a rapidly-increasing number of people, the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail tolling project is a “political necessity” to force light rail into the area, according to an Oregon Supreme Court decision. Suit was filed by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods and ...
If concerns expressed over the Columbia River Crossing by a key Oregon legislative committee are any indication, the $10 billion* project could be a hard sell with lawmakers in Salem. That’s important to Clark County residents because the Oregon Legislature is expected to pick up $450 million of the project’s ...
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 ...
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 ...