Through downtown Seattle, Highway 99 cuts through the downtown corridor via the "viaduct", an elevated two-level "bridge" through downtown and running along the waterfront heading to the south. This structure was damaged in the 2001 Nisqually quake and a replacement or repair option has been in discussions for years. Options have ranged from replacement to solely surface streets replacing it to a tunnel option. Well, the decision has been made this week and the tunnel option has been selected.
There has been some protesting of the tunnel idea. One disagreement with the tunnel option is that it is solely a car option. Tim Eyman, however, Seattle's answer to the state initiatives no one needs, has another problem. This is that it has been mentioned that there may be an increase in the price of car tabs. He has pushed through two initiatives for $30 car tabs and though I'm not sure how he ever expected road projects to be completed without funding from the cars and car drivers that use the roads, that has never seemed to be an issue for him. I wonder if he'd rather the project be scrapped? The viaduct is an essential route connecting many commuters and would cause more and greater crippling traffic if it were eliminated.
I think that most Seattlites have wised up and tired of Eyman's "brilliant" legislation ideas, but unfortunately he is not among that majority...
3 comments:
i feel iike i'm reading your diary...more pictures!!!
Haha, what? Weird! Well, once internet connections get connected, I'll def add more pictures...
nice picture! keep going!
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