Metro to vote on Columbia River Crossing

Portland Business Journal:

A Metro Council vote could move the proposed Columbia River Crossing farther down the regulatory line. Metro will vote on Thursday on whether to make the conditional locally preferred alternative, approved two years ago, into a full-fledged “approved” alternative. The vote is necessary for the $3.6 billion project to move toward the final design and construction steps. Metro and state transportation officials, buoyed by support from Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber and Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire, hope to obtain all environmental approvals on the project by the end of...

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