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Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council
To encourage and promote the development of a balanced, efficient and affordable regional transportation system to meet the mobility needs of people and goods, within and through this region, and minimize transportation-related air pollution.
1300 Franklin Street Floor 4
Vancouver WA 98660
360-397-6067
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Jul 22, 2008KATU
If the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council votes in favor of the proposal, the plan for the bridge will move to the Oregon and Washington transportation departments. Construction could start in about a year.
Jul 18, 2008The Columbian
Five of six agencies have signed onto replacing the Interstate 5 Bridge, with the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council set to vote Tuesday.
Even if RTC directors approve the proje...
Jul 22, 2008OregonLive.com: Everything Oregon
VANCOUVER -- A panel that controls federal transportation spending in Clark County gave a limited endorsement today for a new Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River, favoring a plan with light rail and six lanes.
...In an action intended to avert unchecked growth, the Metro Council today reluctantly endorsed a new $4.2 billion Interstate 5 bridge over the Columbia River by cutting it down from 12 planned lanes to just six.
...The Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council will hold an open house Thursday to discuss its update of the region's transportation plans and its mass transit study.
The council is in...
Jul 7, 2008OregonLive.com: Everything Oregon
The next steps
...As design hurtles forward for a new I-5 bridge over the Columbia River, Portland has stepped up to demand that any new structure be a dramatic sight and experience - a postcard icon of the Pacific Northwest.
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According to the Daily Journal of Commerce, a committee is looking at long term plans for where high capacity transit would make sense in Clark County. Through a series of public meetings, the Southwest Washington Regional Transportation Council will work...
