Reading his June 9 letter “Invest in adding lanes,” how many people think and act like Randy Haas? He thinks we just need to add lanes on the Oregon side to solve our problem and a three-lane bridge that raises and stops traffic at the most inopportune times is a workable solution. Adding more lanes on the Oregon side and channelling it down to three lanes at the bridge is called a bottleneck. That would never work.
The real answer is that Oregon needs to add more lanes and we all need to build a new bridge with more lanes that doesn’t open up for every tug boat or paddle boat. Or we do nothing, which seems that is what our Washington state Legislature’s answer is — and they just keep extending our travel time home.
Maybe we could call Christensen Shipyards to have them build some ferries. It wouldn’t be faster but what a nice way to end your day with a river cruise?
Dennis Bourdeau
Vancouver
