TUCK the FUNNEL
It’s no secret…I LOVE THE VIADUCT!
Tonight, Friday the 13th of May 2011, the Seattle Viaduct (Hwy 99) will CHANGE FOREVER!!!
99 will close tonight @ 11:00 PM for the weekend and open Monday with ONLY TWO lanes open to traffic! Brace yourselves Seattle (Burien, Tukwilla, Seatac, Des Moines) it’s happening!!! We are (on our way to) losing our access to downtown Seattle and it’s only going to get worse (IT’S GOING TO GET UGLY!). Perhaps you’re a fan of the (boondoggle) tunnel or maybe you prefer a surface option (open-space-freeway-obstructed-hotel and condo-greenbelt-park)? Whatever, it’s gonna cost us a lot of money.
I am OUTRAGED!
The VIADUCT REPLACEMENT options previously sent to voters were once REJECTED by Seattle voters. The (proposed) tunnel is fraught with problems (not limited to: financial, logistic, engineering, etc…). There HAS to be a solution that doesn’t REDUCE traffic flow (2 lanes in either direction instead of the current 3) ALLOW ACCESS to DOWNTOWN SEATTLE (the tunnel allows NO ACCESS TO DOWNTOWN) that doesn’t cost (Seattle citizens, King County citizens, Washington State citizens) BILLIONS of (unaccounted for) dollars, demanding tolls (for an indeterminate time period) and DIVERT TRAFFFIC ONTO (ill-equipped) PIONEER SQUARE roads. WHAT THE FUCK? REALLY??
I am afraid.
I hope this video reminds you of what we have now and what we might lose if we don’t do anything.
