Stakeholders: “Disturbed” not to have been shown WSDOT video

Five members of the Stakeholder Advisory Committee sent a letter yesterday in response to WSDOT’s publicized release (a TV exclusive, YouTube, and a spot on the Department website) of a graphic rendering of a worst-case scenario viaduct collapse.
We asked yesterday why the video was produced and then concealed from the SAC, whose job was to [...]

From The Same Studio That Brought You The Big Dig…

…comes a terrifying Halloween flick:

The video was produced by Parsons Brinckerhoff, an engineering firm that has been heavily involved in the planning of the deep bore tunnel project. You might know them from their work in Boston’s Oscar-winning infrastructure horror show The Big Dig.
Despite the fact that this video was produced over two years ago, [...]

State Senator: We Will Not Pay Seattle’s Cost Overruns

Despite repeated assertions from some corners that Seattle will not be stuck with cost overruns, State Senator Jim Kastama has drawn a line in the sand. If he and other legislators get their way, no further State money will be available to cover the massive risk of overruns on Seattle’s deep bore tunnel project.