seattletimes.nwsource.com - 1/13/2009
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Gov. Chris Gregoire announced this morning that a two-mile, bored tunnel is her choice to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct on the Seattle waterfront. Construction would start in 2011 and the tunnel would open in 2015.
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Answer: "Through the Nose"
Sound Politics —
... " UPDATE: Among other things, tunnel will be used as an excuse to further soak car owners, who will derive less benefit from the tunnel than from the Viaduct : King County will seek state authority to raise more money through a car-tab tax of 1 percent to fund $190 million in transit capital, such as buses, along with $15 million a year for operations. More transit would be needed as the tunnel, two lanes each direction, instead of the three lanes each direction on the viaduct and lack a Western Avenue exit serving Belltown, Interbay and Ballard. Posted by ...
We still can’t afford a tunnel
HorsesAss.Org —
How things change…
1/17/2007:
Last month, Gregoire issued her findings on the viaduct options, saying the state could afford the $2.8 billion elevated highway but said the finance plan for the $4.6 billion, six-lane tunnel didn’t pencil out.
1/13/2009:
The overall project is estimated at $4.25 billion, with $2.8 billion coming from state gas taxes and federal bridge funds. That is supposed to cover the tunnel construction, as well as most of an interchange and ...
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