There are lies, damned lies, and the Pravda Columbian: Feds back 12-lane option for I-5 Bridge.

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Clearly, the Pravda Columbian still has not received the message that they're circling the bottom of the toilet.

Today, we are treated to a bogus headline with a nonsensical story that once again ignored the widespread opposition to this massive waste of money that we DO NOT WANT.

The federal agency that oversees the nation’s freeways and has ultimate authority over the Columbia River Crossing project says a new Interstate 5 bridge should be built with 12 lanes.

This is lie number one.

The "Feds" didn't "back" a damned thing. A couple of cronies of Don Wagner, transportation chief for Cesar Pollard and the Downtown Mafia, signed a letter that said, in part:

“We believe the 12-lane bridge best meets the safety, operations, connectivity, reliability, freight mobility and commerce needs for this interstate corridor,” the letter concludes. “We do, however, acknowledge the practical constraints for a project of this magnitude and in this setting. We understand the sensitive nature of these discussions and appreciate the opportunity to provide a federal perspective.”

The "agency" didn't write that: a DIVISION in Washington wrote that; a DIVISION in Oregon wrote that.

These people have no authority to approve this project. That the Pravda Columbian would infer that they did is yet another lie.

The Federal Highway Administration’s Jan. 23 letter supports a bridge with six lanes in each direction as the best option for improving safety, easing congestion and moving freight on the West Coast’s primary freeway.

This is lie number two.

Again, this waste of paper is NOT from the Federal Highway Administration approval authority.

This is from a couple of local offices, where a couple of Don Wagner's buds stepped up and signed off on a letter that Wagner, most likely, provided for them to sign on their DIVISION office letterhead.

The letter is signed by Daniel Mathis, the agency’s division administrator in Washington, and Phillip Ditzler, its division administrator in Oregon.

It stops far short of insisting any new bridge must have 12 lanes and recognizes the number of lanes is politically touchy.

Paraphrased, this means that both the letter and the article are a waste of time, energy and paper; and it only serves the purpose of yet another Nazi-style propaganda piece by the scuzball newspaper that doesn't give a DAMN about what the people PAYING for this abortion might want.

The money quote:

Don Wagner, Southwest Washington regional administrator for the Washington State Department of Transportation, said he talked to Mathis before the letter was sent.

“The words are crafted very carefully in that letter,” he said.“It does say that they support 12 lanes. That’s different from saying, ‘We demand, we require,’ or anything else."

Clearly, this entire trash heap was designed, implemented and organized by... Don Wagner. That his cronies signed this toilet paper is meaningless. That the Pravda Columbian tells us, or infers to us, something different is yet another symptom of that disease that keeps on coming back.



Feds back 12-lane option for I-5 bridge

Tuesday, January 27 10:49 p.m.

BY JEFFREY MIZE
COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER

The federal agency that oversees the nation’s freeways and has ultimate authority over the Columbia River Crossing project says a new Interstate 5 bridge should be built with 12 lanes.

The "Tower" design is one of the options for an Interstate 5 replacement bridge. (Rendering courtesy of Touchstone Architects and Co)

The letter is signed by Daniel Mathis, the agency’s division administrator in Washington, and Phillip Ditzler, its division administrator in Oregon.

It stops far short of insisting any new bridge must have 12 lanes and recognizes the number of lanes is politically touchy.

“We believe the 12-lane bridge best meets the safety, operations, connectivity, reliability, freight mobility and commerce needs for this interstate corridor,” the letter concludes. “We do, however, acknowledge the practical constraints for a project of this magnitude and in this setting. We understand the sensitive nature of these discussions and appreciate the opportunity to provide a federal perspective.”

Don Wagner, Southwest Washington regional administrator for the Washington State Department of Transportation, said he talked to Mathis before the letter was sent.

“The words are crafted very carefully in that letter,” he said. “It does say that they support 12 lanes. That’s different from saying, ‘We demand, we require,’ or anything else.”

More, if you can stomach it.
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