Anti-tunnel activist thinks McGinn could do more to stop the project
Elizabeth Campbell, the Magnolia activist who has fought the state’s planned state Route 99 tunnel project tooth-and-nail, doesn’t think Mayor Mike McGinn — also a tunnel opponent — has done enough to...
View ArticleJapan co. tasked to build viaduct tunnel machine
The Japanese company now supplying the machines to bore into Capitol Hill for a Sound Transit light rail project has been chosen to build the digging machine for the Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel...
View ArticleArtists have to move early after 619 Western Building declared unsafe
Artists in the 619 Western Building, which sits in the path of the state’s planned state Route 99 deep-bore tunnel, have been notified they have to leave the building six months earlier than planned....
View ArticleIs the pro-tunnel camp misleading voters about transit?
PubliCola called out the Let’s Move Forward tunnel campaign for handing out fliers that say the state’s deep-bore tunnel replacement plan for the viaduct comes with “millions for transit.” From Josh...
View ArticleState’s SR 99 tunnel contractors give $50K to pro-tunnel campaign
With primary ballots soon to be mailed, the pro-tunnel Let’s Move Forward campaign announced that it has raised more than $312,000 in support of Referendum 1, having received $216,000 in contributions...
View ArticleGov. candidates say Seattle wouldn’t pay tunnel overruns
Gov. Chris Gregoire has long said she’d veto any further legislation trying to stick Seattle with cost overruns should the state’s planned deep-bore tunnel replacement for the Alaskan Way Viaduct go...
View ArticleState releases draft tunnel finance plan — turns out it was already online
Last week, the Protect Seattle Now campaign sued the state Transportation Department for a copy of the state’s draft financial plan on the State Route 99 tunnel project. Protect Seattle Now had asked...
View ArticleWatch for flying guardrails under the Alaskan Way Viaduct
Here’s something that won’t make you feel any safer walking near the moribund Alaskan Way Viaduct. Every year, there are at least two dozen crashes into the viaduct’s guardrails, occasionally knocking...
View ArticleTunnel wins, McGinn reacts, and $60 car tab fee goes to voters
A round-up of this week’s big political news affecting transportation in Seattle: Seattle voters endorsed the deep-bore tunnel Tuesday, voting 60 to 40 in approval of Referendum 1. In an interview with...
View ArticleTraffic alert: SB viaduct lanes closed; light rail delays
WSDOT plans to close southbound State Route 99 this weekend from the Battery Street Tunnel to the West Seattle Bridge from 11 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. on Monday. With a Seahawks game and Hempfest at...
View ArticleAlaskan Way Viaduct project administrator leaving for private-sector job
Ron Paananen, who oversaw the state’s Alaskan Way Viaduct replacement program for the last six years, is resigning to take a job with a private engineering firm. Paananen said Thursday he’s joining...
View ArticleSuper Mario rides the Alaskan Way Viaduct
Someone had a little fun with the state’s video showing what the new Alaskan Way Viaduct detour will look like after the viaduct is closed for nine days in October. The altered version on YouTube shows...
View ArticleTravel alert: Viaduct lanes to close and buses on Sunday schedule
It’s Labor Day weekend, and traffic may get heavy this year as people head to the lake, mountains, or to Bumbershoot. In a pre-holiday traffic report, WSDOT says the roads again will be busy: “And...
View ArticleViaduct: Next major steps in tunnel construction
As Seattle’s tunnel referendum last month made us painfully aware, the City Council still has to give the state a final notice to proceed before the project moves ahead full bore. Thus, the City...
View ArticleViaduct closure: Suggested traffic detours to and from downtown
The Alaskan Way Viaduct will close for nine days, starting 7:30 p.m. on Friday. The state Department of Transportation has suggested detours between downtown Seattle and West Seattle, Ballard, and...
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