Kitzhaber CRC Adviser Works for Its Biggest Contractor

Willamette Week:

“The Governor has asked Patricia McCaig to be his lead advisor on the Columbia River Crossing Project,” read a Feb. 21 statement announcing the hiring of Clackamas County Chairwoman Lynn Peterson as the governor’s transportation adviser. “Ms. McCaig has been serving this role during the transition and will continue this work into the Administration.”

But unlike other Kitzhaber advisers, such as Peterson, McCaig is not—and will not—become a public employee, says Kitzhaber’s spokesman, Tim Raphael....

McCaig will continue to be a paid consultant to David Evans and Associates, a Portland engineering firm that is by far the largest beneficiary of the $118 million that CRC records show project sponsors have spent so far.

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