WASHINGTON
Two weeks after taking office, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn surprised the City Council with a news-conference proposal to ask voters this May to approve $241 million in bonds for urgent replacement of the citys crumbling seawall along the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The often patched-up seawall is slated for full reconstruction by 2015 or 2016 as part of the states $4.2-billion project to replace the equally fatigued and vulnerable viaduct with a deep-bore two-level highway tunnel. Mayor McGinn, who opposed the tunnel option during his race last year, sees seawall replacement as a separate issue that demands immediate attention because of ever-higher public safety risk.
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7520
Two weeks after taking office, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn surprised the City Council with a news-conference proposal to ask voters this May to approve $241 million in bonds for urgent replacement of the citys crumbling seawall along the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The often patched-up seawall is slated for full reconstruction by 2015 or 2016 as part of the states $4.2-billion project to replace the equally fatigued and vulnerable viaduct with a deep-bore two-level highway tunnel. Mayor McGinn, who opposed the tunnel option during his race last year, sees seawall replacement as a separate issue that demands immediate attention because of ever-higher public safety risk.
www.smartgrowth.org/news/article.asp?art=7520
Article courtesy of New Smart Growth Network
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