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Of course it is a political topic. It's a project that was decided by and run by politicians. There was even a vote on it (abeit ignored by the politcos). How is it not about politics? I could have posted it in the Seattle forum, but I thought that there might be interest from people outside of Seattle, which I think has been proven out by the replies.
Either way it is a political topic, as with any government spending or action. How could it be otherwise?
This is a local issue and topic to Seattle and Washington, not something that belongs in national politics. If people outside of Seattle have interest in this project, then they would visit the Seattle forum.
So should we post all local projects on this thread because they are all political?
Did you know they are taking about adding a bike path to the street I live by? That is political and should clearly be discussed in a national polics forum.
This is a local issue and topic to Seattle and Washington, not something that belongs in national politics. If people outside of Seattle have interest in this project, then they would visit the Seattle forum.
So should we post all local projects on this thread because they are all political?
Did you know they are taking about adding a bike path to the street I live by? That is political and should clearly be discussed in a national polics forum.
"All politics is local"--Tip O'Neil (D, MA). If you think the post should have been in the Seattle forum, you can certainly ask a mod to move it there. I won't hold it against you, but I think that this is the right forum for the post. Many non-Seattleites have responded, so evidently there is national interest.
Most of the work was cut and cover where the tunnel is built in a trench and later buried.
And it leaks like a sieve because of cost compromises made at the top of the slurry walls on either side.
That was just the Central Artery part. The project was that, new Southeast Expressway and Pike approaches, a third harbor tunnel built that branched into that (a 3-ton concrete ceiling panel in an entrance into the new harbor tunnel collapsed after completion, killing a driver), and a new Charlestown interchange and suspension bridge.
And it'll all be disintegrated by overuse of road salt in 30 years.
They can't even get a short animal bridge built across a 2 lane road in 2 years in the Seattle area today.
I can't believe they don't build the animals their own light-rail project. That's SO racist.
/sarc
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Originally Posted by urbanlife78
This is a local issue and topic to Seattle and Washington, not something that belongs in national politics. If people outside of Seattle have interest in this project, then they would visit the Seattle forum.
So should we post all local projects on this thread because they are all political?
Did you know they are taking about adding a bike path to the street I live by? That is political and should clearly be discussed in a national polics forum.
As I understand it, they didn't bother to find out what kind of junk they were to dig through.
That area is, quite literally, JUNK!!
Everything the early Seattle residents did not want got thrown into the bay. then dirt was spread over it to hide it and develop the waterfront.
Nobody really knows what is down there.
I heard they even found an old locomotive!
Is that true?
Are we talking about the same group of engineers that decided it was OK to choke the freeway down to 2 lanes in each direction downtown?
IMO, they should have rebuilt and updated the Alaskan Way Viaduct. that has been a fixture of Downtown Seattle since before I was a teenager. I liked driving on that thing, back when U.S. 99 was the major North/South highway on the coast.
Did you ever take the Seattle Underground tour? It was pretty fascinating. The viaduct was somewhat of a nice drive-nice view from it. Assuming the hole gets done, not so much.
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