In my post about the Sellwood Bridge I noted that Portland planners seem to take inordinate amounts of time to make decisions about new roads. In a post on the Columbia Crossing I noted that Portland transportation planners seem to be going out of their way to drive up the costs of new roads.
When I was writing about the Columbia Crossing, I didn’t notice that the region has already spent ten years “planning” this bridge, and expects to take at least two more. At the rate they are going, it will probably take a lot more than two years to reach a decision, much less to actually start any construction.
