Slog - Comments on New RTID Costs http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/new_rtid_costs WSDOT presented the RTID board with inflation cost updates for all the projects on RTID's list this afternoon. (In September WSDOT updated the numbers for two RTID projects—the Viaduct replacement options and 520.) I'll give a full report after I go through the whole memo (there are 14 projects), but it's a pricey update. I-405, for example, went up $300 million—from $1.7 billion to $2 billion. WSDOT's memo to the RTID board recommended deferring specific aspects of all the projects—like deferring westbound SR 520 to southbound I-405, so that RTID could stay within its $7.4 billion budget. The trick, obviously,... Copyright 2008 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:15:42 -0800 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:25:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Daniel K Josh - You say that light rail expansion is "stupidly" coupled with RTID on the ballot.

Please explain why it is stupid.

Please explain why you think it would be better to vote on these separately, and why doing so will not jeopardize light rail expansion.

Most every politician I've heard on this matter believes it would be stupid not to couple them together.

]]> Daniel K http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/new_rtid_costs#c577456 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/new_rtid_costs#c577456 News Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:57:57 -0800 Comment by Some Jerk My thoughts on uncoupling:

RTID & ST2: Prisoner's Dilemma

]]> Some Jerk http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/new_rtid_costs#c577536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/12/new_rtid_costs#c577536 News Fri, 22 Dec 2006 00:25:03 -0800