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Mired in controversy — Rose Quarter project faces rocky road ahead
Community battles over width of freeway, design and ownership of highway cover for $1 billion Rose Quarter Project.
Vancouver City Council reviews Interstate Bridge Replacement Program with emphasis on light rail, mobility and downtown development
Vancouver officials support tolls and higher emphasis for mobility and downtown development versus moving cars and trucks
Opinion: Vancouver officials should be pushing ‘to begin planning for at least one, if not two, new transportation corridors across the Columbia River’
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance offers his thoughts on efforts by Vancouver officials to develop the city’s long-term 20-year vision for its transportation system
Letter: ‘I hang on to the belief that both Oregon and Washington will come around to the advantages of a Musk-like tunnel for rubber tired electric transport’
Hayden Island resident Sam Churchill shares his thoughts on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.
Transportation architect Kevin Peterson reveals flaws in the Columbia River Crossing and what ‘could’ be an option for the Interstate Bridge
The CRC planned for a questionable glide path for Pearson aircraft which eliminated numerous possible bridge types and locations.
Greg Johnson provides insights on IBRP process and feedback from federal partners
Federal transportation partners will determine the path forward for the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project as people remain eager to dig into the details of a bridge solution.
Interstate Bridge Replacement Program faces new challenges, concerns about avoiding new EIS and NEPA process
A series of meetings regarding the replacement of the Interstate Bridge the past few weeks have highlighted some challenges ahead for The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.
How many ideas have been proposed over the years for multiple crossings of the Columbia River?
Multiple government studies concluded new bridges and transportation corridors between Clark County and Portland would be needed by the turn of the century to handle growing population and travel d…
Oregon’s Peter DeFazio pushes light rail over BRT for replacement Interstate Bridge
With $100 billion transit repair shortfall, Oregon Congressman Peter DeFazio reaffirmed his support for light rail being part of the replacement Interstate Bridge project. He said this knowing that…
Interstate Bridge reached peak capacity in early‐1990s and the Glenn Jackson Bridge did so in the mid‐2000s
Transportation planners fail to add vehicle capacity in their 20-year plans while saying vehicle miles traveled will increase substantially.
VIDEO PODCAST: John Ley discusses the failed CRC and the need for a third bridge
For the third installment of our new video podcast, “Behind the Stories,” we hear from Clark County Today reporter John Ley.
The age and condition of the Interstate Bridge key to repair-replacement discussions
Over 12,000 bridges in the U. S. are 100 years or older and still serving their communities
Anti-Freeway Group clogs the courts to keep congestion
Anti-freeway activists are trying to delay the much-needed improvements to Interstate 5 near the Rose Quarter by filing a lawsuit in federal court.
Opinion: Will the I-5 Bridge replacement project fail again?
Mark Harmsworth, director of the Small Business Center at the Washington Policy Center, joins in the conversation about the subject of light rail on a new I-5 Bridge.
Coming this summer: A new and improved Mill Plain Boulevard in downtown Vancouver
Travel and safety improvements are coming this summer for people who travel along Mill Plain Boulevard and East 15th Street between Fort Vancouver Way and West 26th Avenue near the Port of Vancouver.
POLL: Do you believe the Interstate 5 Bridge replacement project should include a light rail component?
Photo by Mike Schultz.
Opinion: ‘If elected officials insist on light rail as a component of the I-5 Bridge replacement, this latest project could be the same spectacular failure that the CRC was’
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance offers his latest thoughts on the I-5 Bridge Replacement Project.
Gee Creek rest areas to close this week for annual maintenance
Washington State Department of Transportation maintenance crews will close the Gee Creek rest areas located on both directions of I-5.