Columbia Crossings Recommendations Available on Podcast

By Maria Thi Mai

[img_assist|nid=2056|title=This project addresses congestion on I-5 bridge between Vancouver and Columbia Blvd|desc=|link=popup|align=left|width=70|height=94]Columbia River Crossing is a bridge, transit and highway improvement project to address the congestion on I-5 between SR 500 in Vancouver and Columbia Boulevard in Portland. It is lead by the Oregon and Washington departments of transportation which are working to identify ways to improve traffic flow, safety and transit service on this stretch of highway.

The project is at an important decision time about which bridge and transit options to include in the draft environmental impact statement. As a reader of this forum, you might be interested in commenting on the transit and bridge recommendations because the ideas that are advanced are the only ones that will be considered for further analysis.

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You can learn more about these recommendations by checking out the project's web site http://www.columbiarivercrossing.org or by listening to our new podcast here: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/inform/downloads/ColumbiaR iverCrossing.mp3. Its conversational story-telling approach gives you more background about the decisions ahead.

Of course, you are can also attend our open houses:

Thursday, January 25, 2007
4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Oregon Association of Minority Entrepreneurs (OAME)
4134 N Vancouver Ave. (at Skidmore St.) Portland, OR
TriMet Bus #40 Mocks Crest

Tuesday, January 30, 2007
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Across from Hayden Island Safeway
12050 N. Jantzen Dr. Portland, OR
TriMet Bus #6 M.L. King Jr Blvd"