Gov. Inslee & Gov. Brown sign joint intent to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River.

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Governor Jay Inslee
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Today, I am joined by @OregonGovBrown to sign a memorandum of intent regarding the joint effort between our states to replace the I-5 bridge over the Columbia River.

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1. Governors revive effort to replace I-5 Columbia River bridge

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown signed an agreement Monday to work together to replace the I-5 Bridge that connects their two states.

The governors’ action reinvigorates a goal to replace the twin spans across the Columbia River, which opened in 1917 and 1958.

The two-page memorandum of intent signed by the two governors takes effect immediately and lasts for five years. It makes a handful of commitments, including opening a joint Oregon-Washington project office that will re-evaluate the purpose and need and permits for an earlier, failed Columbia River Crossing project and evaluating the scope of the new effort, as well as a schedule and budget for replacing the bridge.

A draft report by the project office is scheduled to be released to the two states by Dec. 1, with a final report by Dec. 1, 2020.

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