Listening sessions on draft recommendation for bridge type

March 10, 2011

Public invited to provide comment

The Oregon Department of Transportation and Washington State Department of Transportation provided the Oregon and Washington Governors a draft recommendation for a deck truss bridge on Feb. 25, 2011. The departments held two listening sessions to gather public comment on the draft recommendation before making a final recommendation to the Governors:

Thursday, March 10, 2011
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Portland Expo Center, Hall D
2060 N Marine Drive, Portland

Thursday, March 10, 2011
6-8 p.m.
Washington State Department of Transportation SW Region building
11018 NE 51st Circle
Vancouver, WA 98682

The public sessions were hosted by Henry Hewitt of Oregon and Steve Horenstein of Washington, co-chairs of the Project Sponsors Council, Matthew Garrett, Director of the Oregon Department of Transportation and Don Wagner, Columbia River Crossing project director.

The draft recommendation followed a Bridge Review Panel’s offering of three bridge types for further review. See the Bridge Review Panel page for additional information on their work.

Couldn't Make It?

Here are the materials we presented:

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