Leavitt continues to blow it: He's demanding a 12 lane bridge when we don't want any bridge of any size at all.

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Leavitt continues to shoot himself in the foot with his outrageous demands for an unneeded and unwanted $4 BILLION I-5 Bridge replacement.

Today's hissy fit was over Portland's demands that the bridge be no larger than 10 lanes.

Councilman Tim Leavitt said the data clearly support a 12-lane crossing. Advocating for a smaller bridge is “politics, pure and simple,” he said.

Since, precisely like the current bridge, there will only be 6 through lanes; and since the only reason to replace this bridge is to bring Loot Rail into the nest of Vipers known as the Downtown Mafia's sphere of influence; AND, since the bigger bridge will waste additional millions, Leavitt has no reason to support any bridge replacement, period... but continues to do so, snarling like a Pit Yorkie who's lost his bone.

The government of the City of Vancouver must understand that the PEOPLE do NOT want this bridge replaced and the PEOPLE do NOT want Loot Rail.

That they already know this is behind the reason for their utter failure to ask us if we want to pay for this nonsense... because they already know the answer.



Vancouver braces for fight over new span
Council favors 12 lanes; Portland wants smaller bridge
Monday, January 12 9:33 p.m.

BY JEFFREY MIZE
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER

If Portland is going to insist a new Interstate 5 bridge have no more than 10 lanes, Vancouver intends to push right back for a 12-lane option.

Several Vancouver council members, irked by the comments Portland Mayor Sam Adams made last week, indicated their strong preference Monday for a 12-lane bridge that would cost more to build but experts say would result in fewer accidents and less congestion.

Councilman Tim Leavitt said the data clearly support a 12-lane crossing. Advocating for a smaller bridge is “politics, pure and simple,” he said.

Councilwoman Jeanne Harris said there appears to be political desire to restrict the number of lanes as a way to increase transit use. The bridge, Harris said, needs to be designed to serve the community’s needs for the next 100 years.

“If we build anything less, we are going to have to come back and do something about it,” she said. “It just makes sense to me we should be talking about the highest capacity we can build.”

“It’s funny,” Councilwoman Pat Jollota said. “When you start getting input, you find out everyone out there is a traffic engineer.”

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