Attention Seattlites:
Waterfront Viaduct Replacement - Deep Bore Tunnel Route
Notice there is no exit for Western Avenue the much used route to Ballard, Magnolia and Queen Anne. The tunnel would exit close to Mercer Street.
Via: Draft SR 99 Bored Tunnel Alternative
Design Deviation No. 3: SR 99 Length of Grade
MP 30.40 to MP 32.83
The Deep Bore Tunnel Drill at Yucca Mountain
Photo Courtesy of the U.S. Department of Energy and BLDGBLOG
The worlds largest diameter deep bore tunnel is the Gotthard Base Tunnel at 31.5 feet. Washington State Department of Transportation want to bore a 54 foot diameter tunnel under downtown Seattle.
Attention Seattlites
A group that is suing the Washington State Transportation Department over the tunnel project, arguing that WSDOT is illegally moving forward with the tunnel before completing a state-mandated environmental review; has released a boat load of documents. The records come from a massive public-disclosure request.
They are reviewed on PUBLICOLA site today.
From Publicola Online News:
BY ERICA C. BARNETT, 10/22/2009,
Public records from the state Department of Transportation (WSDOT) contain a number of disturbing revelations about the process that led WSDOT to move forward with the deep-bore tunnel on the downtown waterfront early this year…
Attention Seattlites:
Huge Ass City posts a thoughtful letter from Jabe Blumenthal prominent Seattle Enviornmentalist
