Comments on: Community Forum on Monday on the Alaskan Way Bored Tunnel

By: Raul

Raul — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:38:00 +0000

Demian: “The tunnel option will not be done until long after my grandkids have died from old age.”

From your keyboard to God’s ears!!

By: Demian

Demian — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:22:07 +0000

I doubt the will of the voters in this city are really ever respected (safeco, monorail) unless they fall in line with a bad idea (tunnel, anything Eiman gets passed). I am not excited to die under Seattle when the landfill holding up the tunnel crumbles and we get to have our own little Pompei site for future generations. Eh, who am i kidding? The tunnel option will not be done until long after my grandkids have died from old age.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:56:00 +0000

The pros or cons of the new plan notwithstanding, the will of the voters was respected. The cut-and-cover tunnel plan that was voted down was not chosen.

The vote was not on whether any tunnel should be built; it was an advisory vote on a particular tunnel plan, a cut-and-cover waterfront tunnel with a very different cost structure, construction method, construction impacts, and access points.

The will of the voters against the elevated replacement was similarly respected.

By: Demian

Demian — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:29:18 +0000

I am very excited to share my disappointment with this decision (I was a boulevard fan). I love Boston but i don’t want their big dig.