Action: Contact City Council to Support Moratorium on Hayden Island

A new bridge will definitely increase traffic and more population and consumption growth. When will we ever learn?

To reply to the previous comment regarding the new bridge:

"A new bridge will definitely..."
1. "increase traffic" - The I-5 bridge will surely have more vehicles on it than the predecessor due to the additional capacity. Some of the vehicles would shift from using the I-205 to use this new bridge. The new bridge would no influence on urban sprawl since it is being built in already densely populated area.

2. "more population" - As stated in the previous point, there would no influence to urban sprawl by building this new bridge. The proposed Sunrise Highway has influence on urban sprawl because this highway is going through rural areas outside the urban growth boundary (UGB). The Sunrise Highway brings an infrastructure for the UGB to spread out to Damascus to Boring to Sandy.

3. "consumption growth" - The new bridge would use a lot of concrete and possibly require dredging the river; but in the long run, the bridge would create less consumption. Light rail is proposed as part of the new bridge. The new bridge will also not be a draw bridge, so we have no cars in park wasting gas when the bridge is up. This could change if they make it a toll bridge.

UPDATE: Council has changed the date on the hearing. The Council will hear the propsed resolution Thursday, July 13 at 3:00pm.

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