If it feels like a long time ago that Seattle was debating how to replace its broken down waterfront viaduct—that’s because it was. Governor Christine Gregoire signed a bill authorizing the removal of the Alaskan Way Viaduct and the construction of a massive deep-bore tunnel in its place way back in 2009. (She did so over the objection of Seattle mayor Mike McGinn, who had been elected on a platform of opposition to said tunnel.)
Just getting to that point was a long and painful process. Building the tunnel itself took even longer and cost, well, a lot more money. But those are, ahem, sunk
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