After successful legislative sessions for both receiving funding and approval of forming a bi-state commission for a new Hood River-White Salmon Interstate Bridge, the next pressing step is to get a management contractor in place.  Port of Hood River Executive Director Michael McElwee says this would be a multi-disciplinary firm to act as a “department of replacement bridge” to coordinate financing, engineering, permitting, public outreach, and toll and revenue studies.  Also, McElwee says they need to get paperwork done with the states to access funds to begin engineering work for a new bridge.