Governor Chooses "Repair & Prepare"

Gregoire announces plan for viaduct upgrades.

Call it an "upgrade" if you like. Call it a potted plant, if you prefer. But the Governor has done the sensible thing and ordered that the Viaduct be Repaired and made safe while we improve Seattle's transit and surface street configuration in the area.

What happens down the road in five, ten years?, No one knows. My bet is nothing. But maybe the surface and transit improvements will work so well that we will have empty streets and won't need the Viaduct, though I wouldn't bet on that.

Comments

[georgetown stew]

My guess is that people will be so embroiled over what to do with the Albert Roselinni bridge that pundits will forget all about the Viaduct in five to ten years. The extra bonus is that the rest of King County will have a stake in the outcome.

I can hardly wait.

[Gomez]

YAY, she did something right. Of course, she did about 12 things wrong beforehand, but she's on the right track for a change.