The CRC FEIS, now available for viewing at locations throughout Portland.(Photo © J. Maus)

It's been several months since I last chimed in on the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project.
Somehow, despite many lingering questions — especially around its funding plan — the $3.5 billion project which has been a roller-coaster of controversy and stops and [...]

Signs of life abound for the controversial project.(Photo © J. Maus)

Rolling with momentum in recent weeks from national and statewide elected officials, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project will be the focus of a public forum in Northeast Portland tonight.
The event is being hosted by the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods, an umbrella non-profit that represents [...]

Stop the CRC, a grassroots volunteer network of activists opposed to the Columbia River Crossing project, has released a new poster. Check it out...

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Citizen uber-activist and professional animator Spencer Boomhower has released a thoughtful new video on the Columbia River Crossing Project. You might remember Boomhower as the guy who created the Idaho Stop Law animation that spread nationwide and has since been viewed over 44,000 times.
Boomhower says he put out his latest video on the CRC [...]

You might want to ask for twice that much.(Photo © J. Maus)

CRC project staff and Departments of Transportation in both Oregon and Washington have been putting the estimated cost of the new I-5 bridge and highway expansion project at about $3.6 billion; but a new study shows that the the project could end up costing [...]

How about some alternatives?(Photo © J. Maus)

Tomorrow, Metro councilor Robert Liberty will host a panel discussion on alternatives to the currently proposed Columbia River Crossing project. In announcing the event, Liberty said that given the "serious financial and political challenges" the project currently faces, it might be feasible to come up with some alternatives [...]

Robert Liberty wants to talk about alternatives to the current CRC design.(Photo © J.M Maus)

Metro Councilor Robert Liberty, the man who likened the new I-5 bridge proposed by the Columbia River Crossing Project to a "monster project" that we should leave behind in favor of "smarter, cheapter, greener solutions," is putting action behind those words. [...]

Mayor Adams and Metro President David Bragdon at today's meeting.(Photos © J. Maus)

A key group of elected officials and transportation bigwigs from Oregon and Washington convened this morning and agreed to adopt a major set of recommendations that will move the Columbia River Crossing project forward. The Project Sponsors Council unanimously agreed to push [...]

Robert Liberty wants to show the DOTs that they aren't the only ones with ideas on how to fix the I-5 bridge over the Columbia.(Photo © J. Maus)

Metro Councilor Robert Liberty has just taken his opposition to the Columbia River Crossing project up a notch.
In a statement released today, Liberty urges people to [...]

A new video (watch it below) created by David Osborn from the Stop the CRC Coalition in collaboration with Coalition for Livable Future says that it's time to "push back" on the Columbia River Crossing project.
The video tells their version of the recent history of the project. It features a July 2008 Portland City [...]

Portland Mayor Sam Adams and Metro President David Bragdon have been joined by two leaders from Vancouver in their disdain for the current state of the Columbia River Crossing project.

Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt

Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart

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Packed with (mostly) opposition.(Photo © Adams Carroll)

Opposition to the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) took center stage at this morning's meeting of the Project Sponsor's Council (PSC). From a protest outside the meeting, to over one hour of public testimony -- the project's key players heard that the project remains disliked by many people.
Opposition to [...]

Metro President David Bragdon.(Photos © J. Maus)

Portland Mayor Sam Adams

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Tim Leavitt, mayor of Vancouver.(Photo © J. Maus)

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A meeting Friday could have major implications for how we cross I-5 in the future.(Photos © J. Maus)

This Friday, the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project will be put to a crucial test. At a meeting of the Project Sponsor's Council, CRC staff will present the council members -- which include Department of Transportation directors [...]

Scaled-back CRC plans have not stopped grassroots opposition.(Photo © J. Maus)

Last week, Columbia River Crossing project staff and state DOT officials from Oregon and Washington pitched a kinder, gentler version of the controversial project to legislators in Salem. Responding to widespread criticisms that the project is too big and too expensive, CRC backers [...]

A BikePortland reader has some ideas of what can be done to improve theI-5 crossing of the Columbia River.(Photo © J. Maus)

Since a new era of planning for a new I-5 crossing of the Columbia River seems to be upon us, I thought I'd share a comment from last week that lays out several ways [...]

Groups want to start the planning process over.(Photo © J. Maus)

A coalition of five local non-profit groups are calling for "an immediate restart of the deadlocked I-5 planning process."
The Coalition for a Livable Future, the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Environment Oregon, Environment Washington, and Upstream Public Health just issued a joint news release saying [...]

Peter DeFazio, in his office on Capitol Hill back in March.(Photo © J. Maus)

The Portland Tribune reports that U.S. Congressman Peter DeFazio has spoken out against current plans for the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project.
Echoing a popular sentiment around the project these days, DeFazio -- who chairs the all-important House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee [...]

"12 Lanes?! Insane!" reads a sign at a protest ride this summer.(Photo © J. Maus)

Portland Mayor Sam Adams issued a statement this morning saying that he can no longer support a $4 billion, 12 lane replacement for the freeway bridge over I-5.
Adams states that for "reasons both fiscal and political, I believe I believe [...]