- Hot Takes on the IBR Draft Supplemental EIS
We’ve had the document for a week now (all 20,500+ pages). We’re still reading, but here are some initial thoughts to stimulate your review. We may update this post as we learn more. Comments are open below, so let us know what you think and what you’re reading in the SEIS. - What’s Up with the Fabricators and the Coast Guard?
Project nerds that we are, one of the documents we like to track (via public records request) is the IBR ‘risk register’, a document updated roughly quarterly that tracks what keeps the project managers up at night. The most recent edition (July) features this interesting tidbit under “new risks”: Risk #299: Revised PNCD for Fixed-Span… Read More »What’s Up with the Fabricators and the Coast Guard?
A crossing centered in Justice
The Interstate Bridge Replacement is our region’s largest transportation investment in half a century. It should be centered in social justice, environmental justice, climate justice and fiscal responsibility.
The Just Crossing Alliance is a partnership of Environmental, Environmental Justice and Sustainable Transportation organizations who have endorsed a statement of values for the project. Formed in the Spring of 2022 we have grown from five founding organizations to 36 partners.
At the Just Crossing Alliance, we are dedicated to ensuring infrastructure investments truly serve the public interest. We actively champion equity by engaging with and elevating the voices of equity priority communities, are committed to protecting their access to economic and transportation benefits, and work against actions that could perpetuate harm to these communities.
We have advocated at both the regional level and legislative level, including our Right Size Right Now campaign during the 2023 Oregon Legislative session. We are preparing for the public comment period on the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement in early 2024.