For those trying to keep up with business and politics in the Cascadia Region (Oregon, Washington and B.C.), Brad Meacham does the job for you in his Cascadia Report. I particularly like his focus on transportation issues. For instance:
Cost of delaying Seattle transport fixes keeps rising
(Dec 9) The cost of delaying Seattle-area transportation improvements continues to rise, with new estimates for a series of road projects adding to the existing price of lost time and inefficiency.
Overall road-project costs are likely to rise 20 percent from current estimates, former state Senate transportation head Jim Horn told The Seattle Times. The same story says material costs alone increased 8 percent a year from 2001 to 2005.
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