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And No Light Rail too!

Comments on the IBR Draft EIS click here

Stop the planned tolling of Oregon Roads - click here

The IBR has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement in dozens of individual files. Here it is in just two SEARCHABLE files

Oregon & Washington are reviving the old (Columbia River crossing) CRC project under a new name: Interstate Bridge Replacement Program (IBR). Since it has the same “purpose and need”, it appears to be following the same path to a similar multi billion mega-project with light rail and tolls.

According to the Oregon Supreme Court, the CRC was a thinly disguised light rail project with a highway component. We suspect the IBR is designed to be the same. The CRC toll to cross the river was to be about $4 each way with an option to DOUBLE that to $8 each way. Since this project is based on the same purpose and need statement, it is reasonable to assume the tolls will be similar - up to $8 each way ($4000/yr for commuters.)

How to build a toll free bridge immediately

Purpose of the project

List of previous project lies

How the CRC made key decisions in private

C-Tran’s contract with Trimet may be un-enforcable due to deception!

Who got rich last time Who really wants rail projects

What should a bridge cost?

What are design options? (Including lift bridges)

List of Willamette Week Articles: Thru 2013 2014-2021

List of Clark County Today Articles Up 2-20-2023

NoLight rail.com

Highlights of the argument against light rail

Political Candidate’s Positions On I5 Bridge Tolls and Light rail

Portland’s Metro plan for the region. Includes 3 light rail lines in Vancouver.

About tolls:

Previous project likely toll amount.
A version can be built at a cost affordable without tolls.

Is a new bridge worth the cost?

Pretend that they build a new bridge right next to the current one. On the other side of the river the two paths merge into one.

As you approach you choose which bridge to use: The new one to save one minute for a $10 toll, or the old one for free.

That is the answer to the question “is it worth the cost?”

(If you are biker or pedestrian, the same question applies, but assume the toll is only $5. (Tolls cover the cost of construction for a particular mode, spread among all users of that mode, not how heavy you are, how big you are or how politically correct you are. Few users mean higher cost.)

You can oppose tolls at governments, groups, and transportation meetings:

SW Washington Regional Transportation Council (RTC) (contact list)

Metro council (contact list), JPACT, MPAC, Transportation Library

The C-Tran Board of Directors typically meets the second Tuesday of each month

Interstate Bridge Replacement Program (calendar)

—Bi-State Bridge Committee (16 members from OR & WA Legeslatures) (contact list)

—Executive Steering Group (ESG)

—Community Advisory Group (CAG)

—Equity Advisory Group (EAG)

Rose Quarter Improvement Project (events)

—Executive Steering Committee (ESG)

—Community Oversight Advisory Committee (COAG)