Please say you have the audio.

Hopefully, they will keep arguing amongst themselves until the whole idea goes away.

Duel-deck? Is that like two decks fighting to the death?

Would have been better if one of them had a copy of the DEIS when Garret claimed they are stuck with what we've got. That document doesn't look anything like the expansions that have been piling on since it was filed! Not just the bridge, either, Royce Pollard was piling extra lanes and ramps onto the project miles north of the bridge before he left office, one of which doesn't even connect to the freeway. Like the SR500 to 4th Plain bypass ramp, which threatens 48 homes in the Shumway neighborhood alone and would likely affect Discovery Middle School as well - the DEIS names one single private property in this area as "potentially affected".

Paul,
Duel-deck changed to dual-deck. Sorry to crush your dreams.

Also: I don't have audio of the call! Should have recorded it, drat.

Washington Politicians have no business in Oregon/ Portland decisions such as the decimation of Hayden Island by this Monstrous Boondoggle Bridge. It is very arrogant the way that Paula Hammond talked down to the Portland officials for questioning her authority.

Doug Allen,

Yes, this was the same meeting that Eric Robinson reported on. It was a lunch, but the members were scattered among different locations, chewing on their sandwiches and tuning into the conference call. Good on Eric for pushing the meeting to be open. Mayor Adams' office called me on Thursday morning and invited me to tune in, FYI.