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boondoggle delayed yet again. 🚨 3 years behind schedule. 🚨 $600 million over budget 🎣 Seattle/WA could be on the hook. No officials complain BECAUSE CARS. #DoubleStandard #CarCulture

seattletimes.com

Permanent closure of Alaskan Way Viaduct delayed

The new timeline, announced Monday, stretches the $2.2 billion megaproject a full three years beyond the original schedule. Several reasons are behind this delay.

8:50 PM · Sep 17, 2018

Here's what happened to a Seattle transit project that encountered a $23 million budget shortfall. If only it was a car tunnel it would have been hailed as a huge success in fiscal management. #SaveTheStreetcar #SEAtransit #DoubleStandard #CarCulture

theurbanist.org

Mayor Durkan Halts Work on Center City Streetcar Amid Budget Worries

In a surprise move, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan halted construction work on the Center City Connector streetcar today. She cited rising costs and an error estimating the cost of streetcar vehicles t…

Lee Bruch

@L_Bruch

Sep 18, 2018

Closure: Jan 11; Major snowstorm : Jan 12

Blair Lorenzo, The Fox and the City

@foxandcity

Sep 18, 2018

I don't think the cars will fit in the replacement tunnel. We should shut it down for more study until we figure out what's going on...