Having driven around the Portland-Vancouver roads doing sales for the last 40 years, it’s obvious that a new or improved Interstate 5 Bridge would help to move more traffic. But due to the bottleneck (which once was Delta Park) now created at the Rose Quarter, a new bridge will not get the job done.
We need our federal representatives to get Washington and Oregon to hire three totally independent traffic engineers from outside this area to travel this metro area and view maps. Having three of them would allow them to make a solid recommendation on how to fix this serious issue.
Cities or politicians who reject these solutions should have the wrath of the rest of us upon them, for all they want is their own greedy positions maintained. This is why we are fragmented. Demand that our so-called leaders start being leaders with a target of doing something about this.
The above approach will allow all to save face and come together. What’s currently going on now is the same as in the past and shows us all that the status quo is continuing to spin its political wheels. If the reply to this is that all of the above has already been done, then we need new elected politicians who can follow the independent traffic engineers, not their own personal agendas.
