Concerns by Elected Officials

Letter from Clackamas County Commission to Governors' Review Panel, reconsidering its support for the project, May 20, 2010.

Letter from Metro President David Bragdon to Governors' Review Panel calling for "Plan B", May 19, 2010. 

Letter from Local Elected Officials to Governors on "Unacceptable Impacts", Letter from four Project Sponsors Council members - Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Metro Council President Bragdon, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt, and Clark County Commissioner Steve Stuart - to Oregon Governor Kulongoski and Washington Governor Gregoire, January 20, 2010.

More concerns about Columbia River Crossing, Personal Message- Council President David Bragdon, December 4, 2009. 

Six reasons to look anew at the Columbia River Crossing project, Mayor Adam's Blog, December 4, 2009.

Columbia River Crossing: Road to Construction, Policy Statement for Council President Bragdon and Mayor Adams, December 2, 2009.

Columbia River Crossing:  Where's the Debate?, The Oregonian, op-ed by Oregon State Representatives Jules Bailey (D-Portland), Cliff Bentz (R-Ontario), and Brian Clem (D-Salem). 

Bridge Design

CRC at Hayden Island - How Big Is It?, March 2010

Birds-Eye View at Hayden Island, CRC Project Document, July 2008.

CRC's Cost-cutting Recommendations, CRC Project Document, November 2009.

Environmental Impacts

Environmental Justice Task Force letter to Governor Kulongoski on failure to allow meaningful input, April 19, 2010.

Environmental Protection Agency Region 10, CRC DEIS Comment Letter,  July 1, 2008.

CLF’s DEIS Comments, submitted by the Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center (PEAC) at Lewis and Clark Law School.  Full Report and Executive Summary, July 1, 2008

Press Release: Federal government denies request for extension of public comment period on DEIS, May 30, 2008

Press Release: DEIS Extension Letter, May 23, 2008.

Letter Requesting More Time To Comment on DEIS, May 21, 2008

Health Impacts

Letter to Oregon State Legislature from Public Health Professionals on the Health Impacts of the CRC, April 23, 2009.

Atlas:  Air Quality, Vivek Shandas and Linda Atlas:  George, professors at PSU, published in Metroscape Winter 2009.

Multnomah County Health Department, Columbia River Crossing Health Impact Assessment.  Full Report and Executive Summary, June 2008

Alternative Proposals

Press Release. Five Groups Call for an Immediate Restart of Deadlocked I-5 Planning Process, November 6, 2009.

Fox, Gerald, E. Time to Rethink the Columbia River Crossing, February 2009.

Other CRC Sites

Stop the CRC - an all volunteer, grassroots group

Official Project Website

CLF Letter to the Portland/Multnomah Sustainable Development Commission, April 24, 2008.

Pedestrian Advisory Commission, DEIS comments and recommendations, June 24, 2008.

Metro

Metro Resolution, Resolution on Locally Preferred Alternative and Regional Transportation Plan Amendment, July 17, 2008.

Financial Issues

Other Resources

Letter from CLF to Governor's Review Panel, July 7, 2010.

Letter from 14 community groups to Governors Gregoire and Kulongoski, March 10, 2010.

Cortright, Joe.  Presentation to the Portland Planning Commission, April 8, 2008.

Gross, Mara.  The Columbia River Crossing's Carbon Tire-Print, Connections, Winter 2008

Cortright, Joe.  6 Questions to Ask about the Columbia River Crossing, Connections, Summer/Fall 2007