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The Portland Pedestrian Advisory Committee announced on Friday that the group is withdrawing its support for a Columbia River Crossing proposal, a $3 billion 10-lane bridge connecting Oregon to Washington on Interstate 5.

The move came after the Bicycle Transportation Alliance, Portland Mayor Sam Adams, Vancouver Mayor Tim Leavitt and Metro President David Bragdon withdrew their support for the bridge proposal over the past several months.

The Pedestrian Advisory Committee believes the plan for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure is insufficient since the Locally Preferred Alternative option was selected in late 2009. The Locally Preferred Alternative was supposed to cut the bridge from 12 lanes to 10 lanes.

“The big issue from our standpoint is that the bike and pedestrian lanes have been cut from a 24-foot continuous path to a 16-foot path,” said Rod Merrick, a member of the Portland Pedestrian Advisory Committee.

Merrick and the rest of the committee are now advocating for a top-down re-prioritization of the goals and objectives for the project.

“We’ve been supportive of this project in the past but it’s important that goals of the project are looked at again to make sure everyone’s goals are being met,” he said.