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Coast Guard navigation finding will determine fixed or movable span; movable option could add roughly $400 million, officials say
Summary
Program staff told legislators that the Coast Guard’s preliminary navigational clearance will determine whether a fixed 116‑foot clearance or a movable span is required, and said their last estimate put a movable span at about $400 million more than a fixed span.
The committee was told Sept. 15 that the U.S. Coast Guard’s navigational decision will be decisive in whether the Columbia River crossing is built as a fixed span or as another movable span. Greg Johnson, program administrator, said the program will submit an updated navigational impact report and that "the determination that the Coast Guard gives us will be that preliminary navigational clearance determination," which will inform the federal record of decision.
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