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Letter: Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle makes several serious and incorrect engineering statements

ClarkCountyToday.com — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 21:01:14 +0000

Bob Ortblad critiques engineering claims by Vancouver Mayor Anne McEnerny-Ogle, highlighting cost and safety advantages of an immersed tunnel for the I-5 crossing.

Letter: The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program’s $141 million bribe can be better spent on sandwich steel-concrete tubes

ClarkCountyToday.com — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 02:37:33 +0000

Bob Ortblad argues that an immersed tunnel using sandwich steel-concrete tubes would be a more cost-effective alternative to the current Interstate Bridge Replacement Program design.

Letter: British Columbia’s new immersed tunnel can solve Interstate Bridge Replacement Program’s $17.7 billion problem

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:17:26 +0000

Bob Ortblad argues that an immersed tunnel similar to a project underway in British Columbia could significantly reduce costs and impacts associated with the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.

Opinion: Interstate Bridge: $273 million on consultants for ‘basically the same project?’

ClarkCountyToday.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:14 +0000

Joe Cortright questions how the Interstate Bridge Replacement Project has spent more than $273 million on consultants for what he calls “basically the same project” as the failed Columbia River Crossing.

Letter: ‘The Port of Vancouver should withdraw its support for the IBR’s bridge design’

ClarkCountyToday.com — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:36:20 +0000

Seattle resident Bob Ortblad urges the Port of Vancouver to withdraw its support for the IBR bridge design, arguing it would harm the Terminal 1 Public Market and create severe noise and air pollution along the Columbia River waterfront.

Letter: The Interstate Bridge Replacement Program must solicit a design-build bid

ClarkCountyToday.com — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:34:00 +0000

Bob Ortblad urges the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program to consider an immersed tunnel alternative, arguing it would be safer, faster, and more cost-effective than a new bridge.

Letter: ‘IBR has relied on this video to instill fear in the public and government officials to promote the construction of a new bridge’

ClarkCountyToday.com — Thu, 15 May 2025 02:07:17 +0000

Bob Ortblad questions IBR’s use of a seismic video and urges a shift toward tunnel alternatives in this critical letter to the editor.

Letter: Lid greenwashing

ClarkCountyToday.com — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 19:02:01 +0000

Bob Ortblad critiques the $60M lid plan over I-5 in Vancouver, questioning its cost-effectiveness and impact.

Letter: ‘The current bridge plan hurts economic development on BOTH sides of the river’

ClarkCountyToday.com — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 23:28:05 +0000

Sam Churchill from Hayden Island shares his concerns over the economic impact of the current I-5 Bridge replacement proposal on both sides of the river.

Letter: “I’m not convinced’ immersed tunnel won’t work

ClarkCountyToday.com — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 19:24:48 +0000

Hayden Island resident Sam Churchill argues against IBR program claims, supporting the immersed tunnel option for the Columbia River bridge.