This report focuses on what appears to be false and misleading testimony by CRC Director Nancy Boyd and WSDOT Secretary Paula Hammond to the Oversight Officials as shown in the video clips. Until it became obvious that the committee members knew of the scheme, Boyd and Hammond appear to deny the plan to siphon off $50 million and use it for other highly inflated projects elsewhere.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Opponents of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project aren’t ready to give up the fight just yet – not by a long shot. Members of the newly formed Smarter Bridge Committee hosted a tour Saturday to highlight alternatives they say are more affordable and sensible than the mammoth $3.1 ...
The Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project (CRC) has officially entered its “pre-construction” phase, even though planners have yet to secure a penny of the estimated $10 billion* they will need to fund capital costs. The announcement came Thursday during the final meeting of the CRC Project Sponsors Council, a ...
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a record of decision approving the environmental phase of the Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project, allowing the project to move forward with land acquisition and pursuit of final funding. The $10 billion* plan will replace the current Interstate Bridges with a wider ...
It’s one thing to see a drawing of the proposed $10 billion* Columbia River Crossing Light Rail project. It’s quite another to stand on the north end of the Interstate Bridge and imagine the massive concrete structure stretching across the Columbia River and touching down on Vancouver’s waterfront. That was ...
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 ...
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 ...
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