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Oregon and Washington have proposed the Columbia River Crossing multimodal project, and Metro is ensuring it provides light rail, safe bicycle access and other improvements.

Oregon and Washington leaders have proposed the $3.6 billion Columbia River Crossing project, which would replace the I-5 Interstate Bridge, rebuild several highway interchanges, improve local circulation and access on Hayden Island and near the Marine Drive interchange, and extend light rail into Vancouver.

Metro Council approves land use final order amendment for Columbia River Crossing

The Metro Council held a public hearing on April 12, 2012 to consider amending existing Land Use Final Order for the Expo Center/Hayden Island segment of the South/North Light Rail Project on remand from the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) and the Oregon Supreme Court. The Land Use Final Order is a process in Oregon law that consolidates local land use decision making. This amendment removed the portion of the LUFO adopted on August 11, 2011 that is outside the urban growth boundary. The only issue before the Council at the hearing was whether the change to the LUFO boundary complies with the applicable law.

• Read a Metro News article explaining the action
• Read an earlier Metro News article on the Oregon Supreme Court decision that prompted the April 2012 action.
• Download the resolution and report

Materials for August 2011 Land Use Final Order decision

• Metro Council's resolution adopting a Land Use Final Order for the project Aug. 11 (unsigned version) 22K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 12, 2011
• Land Use Final Order adopted by the Metro Council Aug. 11 for the crossing project 50K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 12, 2011
• Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law the Metro Council adopted in support of the land use order 609K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published August 12, 2011
• Metro staff report 42K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published July 21, 2011
• Attachment A to Metro staff report 7.9M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published July 21, 2011
• Columbia River Crossing LUFO Resolution 58K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published July 14, 2011
• Draft Land Use Final Order with maps 7.0M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published July 14, 2011
• Draft Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law for CRC Land Use Final Order 534K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published July 18, 2011

Materials related to Final EIS authorization

• Letter from Columbia River Crossing to Metro Council responding to council concerns. 1.6M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published September 13, 2011

Materials for April 2012 Land Use Final Order decision

• Resolution 12-4340 and 3.26.12 Staff Report 1.7M Adobe Acrobat PDF
• CRC LUFO public hearing April 2012 42K Adobe Acrobat PDF
• Oregon Supreme Court opinion 2.2M Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published February 16, 2012
• LUBA final opinion and order 96K Adobe Acrobat PDF | Published October 26, 2011

Related Internet links

• Columbia River Crossing project website

  (http://www.columbiarivercrossing.org)