More time and money invested on a 520 with light rails?
This morning on Seattle Times, reporter Susan Gilmore has written a story about our mayor’s vision on the 520 floating bridge. Though it will take a lot more time and money than the original plan, Mike McGrinn supports the idea of a 520 with light rails.
Mayor wants chance for light-rail lanes
By Susan Gilmore
Seattle Times staff reporter
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn is not giving up on his quest to add light rail to the 520 floating bridge, even as the state is poised to announce its preferred option for replacing the aging span without it.
McGinn called on elected officials on Tuesday to come together to redesign the bridge to accommodate light rail, even if that takes more time and money.
His comments followed the release of his own consultant's report that found the proposed design would make it difficult if not impossible to add light rail at some future date.
"We only have one chance to get this right," McGinn said. "If we continue on with the state's current plan, then we will miss that chance. And that would be too bad ... We can design 520 from the outset to include light rail. The question is whether or not the leadership exists to make that vision a reality." ...... for more, click here.
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Great! Good find, well worth including. FYI, when reposting content from a news source, it's best practice to clearly cite it and show you are not just picking it up and republishing. So, title the post with something other than the story headline, add some introductory commentary, say who wrote the piece, and use a key pull quote without quoting the whole thing.
Willing to edit this to these specs? Thanks!
Colin
Nice job on tweaking that post, Jocelyn! Thanks. This looks very good, though you might want to copyedit your intro just a bit.