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Tell our Governors: Not one more dollar for the Columbia River Crossing!
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    1. The Governor of OR
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    stop thecrc
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Why This Is Important

Over the last several years, over $100 million has been wasted in our names - supposedly for our benefit - on a transportation project design that is outdated, unsustainable and out-of-touch with our region's values.

The Columbia River Crossing: a project with an estimated $4-10 billion price tag, whose own "independent" review panel has finally deemed critical aspects of the design unfit. While most of the wasted money was intended to support the research required to ensure that this project's plan was sound, and that the interests of all members of our region would be represented in its end result, much of it was actually used to shamelessly fund large-scale promotion of the plan, regardless of its obvious flaws and weaknesses.


We say, "Enough is enough!"

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It's time to stop funding the Columbia River Crossing

Greetings,

Changes are brewing in the Columbia River Crossing process—and opposition is growing.

The Columbia River Crossing has already cost over $100 million in public money with no returns accept for sub-par plans for a highway expansion that is neither affordable nor reflective of our region’s values. The most recent developments, including the 11th hour rejection of the original bridge design by its own review panel, offer further proof that this is project is headed in a failed and unworkable direction.

The time has come to, once and for all, kill the funding for this project as it stands and go back to the drawing board. Only by doing this can we achieve a working public process, with a more environmentally sound, socially just, and fiscally responsible transportation solution for our region.

• We want a people-centric transportation policy – that balances needs of all commuters and serves regional goals for the economy, environment, and equity.
• We want intercity transportation options for the 21st century – not a 1950s-era highway expansion that fails to address today's congestion problems.
• We want to cut greenhouse gas emissions – not a project that would fuel the climate crisis and destroy air quality.
• We want vibrant, livable communities – not a project that will encourage sprawl and destroy neighborhoods.
• We want money for services, lasting economic/job recovery, and sustainable infrastructure – not a project for which the real cost is estimated at $8-$10 billion and will leave no room for other public investments.

Enough is enough!

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