Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 6, 2008

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Vancouver, Washington -- Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council Board of Directors, in its role as Metropolitan Planning Organization for Clark County, is issuing a formal notice of its intent to take action on the Locally Preferred Alternative for the Columbia River Crossing project at its July 22 Board meeting. A concurrent action will be to amend the Metropolitan Transportation Plan for Clark County to include the LPA decision.

The Metropolitan Transportation Plan is a part of the required federal and state transportation planning process. The Plan represents the collective strategy for maintaining and developing the regional transportation system. The I-5 Columbia River Crossing project is a bridge, transit and highway improvement project with project area extending from SR-500 in Vancouver, Washington to Columbia Boulevard in Portland, Oregon. The multimodal project focuses on improving safety, reducing congestion, and increasing mobility. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the CRC was issued for public review and comment on May 2, 2008. The Columbia River Crossing project�s Locally Preferred Alternative will be defined following public comment, an advisory vote by the Columbia River Crossing Task Force on June 24 and individual discussion and action by the eight sponsoring agencies. The Columbia River Crossing project�s Locally Preferred Alternative will include a river crossing decision, a High Capacity Transit mode decision, and HCT terminus decision.

The following list of RTC sponsored meetings are opportunities for public information and comment to RTC on the Locally Preferred Alternative and Metropolitan Transportation Plan amendment:

You can contact RTC for more information or to send comments as indicated below.

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For more information:

Lynda David, Senior Transportation Planner
Regional Transportation Council
P.O. Box 1366
Vancouver, Washington 98666-1366
360-397-6067

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