A new bridge at 192nd Avenue will do what the Interstate 205 bridge has done for growth in east Clark County — jobs, jobs, jobs, new businesses, housing and retail.
Put light rail on the I-205 bridge as it was designed with lines north to the Westfield Vancouver mall area, also east and west along Northeast 18th Street and the power lines tract from downtown Washougal to downtown Vancouver.
A bridge at 192nd Avenue will bring Portland workers and jobs back to Clark County. There have already been homes built on both sides of Lacamas Lake. Technology, manufacturing, and retail could grow along Northeast Lake Road and north of Lacamas Lake out to Brush Prairie and Hockinson.
Without a bridge at 192nd Avenue, growth east will slow and access to Portland will become more gridlock, limiting growth and jobs due to excessive traffic on both existing bridges. We need to support and help get this bridge built in the next five years.
