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State plans new bridge to nowhere
This last week we have raised awareness of a really important issue…. the state doesn’t have any way to raise the money needed for its planned expansion of SR 520, unless it adds unidentified new taxes big enough to raise $1,000,000,000, and also uses high tolls on I-90 to fund SR 520. The state has [...] -
The new “Preferred Alternative”
What just happened? The governor selected a “preferred alternative” for SR 520. This means that WSDOT can proceed to the final evaluation of project impacts and can make more detailed construction plans. The state plans to publish a final EIS around the end of the year. During the year, three workgroups established by [...] -
Mayor and Council host public meetings this week
by Fran Conley Politicians and the press will be watching this week to see who shows up, and who speaks, at two public meetings on the draft reports to the mayor and the city council from the Nelson Nygaard consultants. TUESDAY, April 6th – 6:00pm-7:30pm The Bertha Knight Landes Room, City Hall 600 4th Avenue, Seattle, WA [...] -
City’s 520 consultant issues executive summary, full report due tomorrow
News is trickling out from City’s consultant, as reported by Mike Lindblom in the Seattle Times, Erica C. Barnett at Publicola and Scott Gutierrez at the P-I. The Seattle City Council’s 520 issue page has more details, context, and meeting announcements. The Executive Summary gives a few clues as to what we might see tomorrow [...] -
Update on 520: Political Theater
Well, this is interesting political theater. The governor knew that the city’s consultant would release a draft of new ideas on March 31, so she decided to hold a press conference on March 30 and sign the 520 bill. People who were there tell me that the tone of the event was that the decisions [...]