September 15, 2021, 7:21pm Clark County News
The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program’s ambitious timetable calls for the bistate project’s office to produce a single recommended configuration for a replacement Interstate 5 Bridge in as little as four months, releasing the plan publicly in January. Read story
August 11, 2021, 7:54am Latest News
The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the Senate Tuesday would funnel billions of dollars of federal cash to Washington state. Read story
July 18, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News
Less than a year from now, the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program office hopes to have settled on a single preferred configuration for a new Interstate 5 Bridge over the Columbia River — one that would answer all of the big design questions, such as how many lanes the bridge would… Read story
July 17, 2021, 6:04am Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive
Washington State Department of Transportation officials say they’re in the midst of a busy summer packed with repair projects and maintenance work on Southwest Washington roadways, and local motorists should try to stay on top of big upcoming projects and prepare to deal with occasional delays. Read story
May 20, 2021, 4:19pm Business
The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program office has received written federal guidance that restricts the project’s ability to substantially alter two guiding documents that were drafted for its predecessor, the Columbia River Crossing. Read story
May 9, 2021, 6:05am Business Subscriber Exclusive
It was funding that killed the Columbia River Crossing. The original Interstate 5 Bridge replacement project was already embroiled in controversy, but the killing blow came when the Washington Senate adjourned without approving the state’s portion of the project funding in 2013. Read story
May 9, 2021, 6:05am Business
Recent headlines about the Interstate 5 Bridge replacement effort have chronicled the reemergence of one of the biggest sticking points from Columbia River Crossing era: light rail. Read story
April 19, 2021, 6:02am Latest News
A new bridge over the Columbia River at Interstate 5. Improvements to the state's ferry system. A new State Route 2 trestle in Snohomish County. Replacing culverts that block fish passage throughout the state. Read story
April 5, 2021, 11:02am Business
Portland activist group No More Freeways announced Monday it has filed a lawsuit against the Oregon Department of Transportation’s planned Rose Quarter Improvement Project, which would add auxiliary lanes and shoulders to a stretch of Interstate 5 in Portland. Read story
March 22, 2021, 9:16pm Business
The city of Vancouver and real estate company Kirkland Development are hammering out the details of a proposed public boardwalk and mixed-use development on a plot of land directly east of the Interstate 5 bridge -- the 2.3-acre plot currently occupied by longtime local restaurants Who Song & Larry’s and… Read story