A pair of experts talked to the Port of Hood River Commission and other area elected officials about the process for putting an environmental impact statement together and financing options for a new Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge.  Angela Findley of WSP Engineering and Lowell Clary of Clary Consulting outlined the range of possibilities regarding the bridge replacement effort.  Port Executive Direcror Michael McElwee says two things stood out.  One is that a new bridge won’t happen quickly, and the other is that all entities in Oregon and Washington have to work together to make a new bridge a reality, noting the attendance of Washington 14th District State Senator Curtis King was significant.  McElwee says the next step is for the Port to finalize its contract with WSP Engineering to handle the environmental impact statement process.  He expects that to happen by a Port meeting on July 24.