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     Oldog |
from an AP news story SEATTLE(AP) The Alaskan Way Viaduct shuttles more than 100,000 automobiles each day on twin concrete decks that soar above the sparkling waterfront. The highway is also drab, rickety and outdated, and Mayor Greg Nickels and his allies want to bury it. Their proposal to replace the viaduct with a major tunnel has critics pointing to Boston, where another ambitious highway project stampeded past deadlines and cost estimates. "The Big Dig is the nightmare that we all have here in Seattle," said Nick Licata, the City Council president and a vocal critic of Nickels' plans. Tunnel supporters dismiss such dire predictions, and believe they could gain a crucial stamp of public approval if the City Council agrees to hold a citywide vote on the tunnel this fall. ========================================================================= I have to ask after the glaring faults that have come to light in the "Big Dig" What makes the Seattle officials think that "Oh it won't happen here" The fact that the city is in a fault area, on the "Ring of fire" seems to have no bearing on the thought process. To my know nothing self sounds like a bad idea. comments? | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
Follow the money! | ||
| Damnut |
They probably won't have "as many" problems as we did here with the Big Dig. The Big Dig was the first project of this magnitude and there were some things that the engineers didn't think about that brought the budget to go WAY over what was suppose to be spent. That along with many, many people taking advantage of the money being spent. There were a lot of shady things going on with the Big Dig and I think that Seattle should be able to see Boston's mistakes and not repeat them. A buddy of mine was a truck driver for the Dig. He would tell me that some days he would literally do NOTHING but sleep in has truck. and people wonder why the project was so over budget. |
