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Seattle Region's Greatest Long-term Challenge

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
11 May 2003 - 9:00am

For Seattle and the Puget Sound region, reducing congestion is the greatest long-term challenge.

"Mayor Greg Nickesls called transportation the single greatest, long-term challenge facing Seattle and the Puget Sound region.Three projects are key to reducing congestion, he said: fixing the viaduct; the new, voter-approved monorail linking Ballard, West Seattle and downtown; and a planned light rail line from downtown Seattle to just north of Sea-Tac Airport.Perhaps the most pressing project is replacement of the viaduct, a 2.2-mile elevated highway that runs along the downtown waterfront and was damaged in the 2001 Nisqually Quake."

Full Story: Nickels outlines mass-transit needs to Congress
Source: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, May 8, 2003
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