The traffic congestion between Clark County and Portland on both the Interstate 5 and Interstate 205 bridges is getting much worse. Recently I was traveling from Yacolt to Portland’s Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
When I approached the freeways, there was massive traffic congestion so I had to reroute to Harbor Drive to get to Airport Way to approach the on-ramp to the I-205 bridge. It took one hour and 39 minutes to arrive home.
I spoke before the Clark County Board of Commissioners and stated that before any bridge proposals, this traffic congestion problem needs to be resolved immediately. It affects the commuters, and it affects the trucking industry in lost time and profits. Any bridge will work but the bickering over the last bridge didn’t gain any traction and wasted valuable funds that could have been used for purchasing more buses to relieve traffic congestion on both bridges in the short term. What is needed is more jobs in Clark County and not giving all the jobs to Oregon.
My family purchased a 9-acre property in Yacolt, where the environment is peaceful and our grandchildren have decent friends. Back in Gresham, Ore., their former friends got involved in drugs. Here they have a better future with a better education system.
