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Essential Public Facilities: Protection Against NIMBYism?

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Abhijeet Chavan
10 October 2004 - 9:00am

What saved Seattle's light rail project?

"A little-known provision of the state Growth Management Act probably saved Sound Transit's Seattle light-rail project from a serious — perhaps fatal — setback recently...[Essential public facilities are "those facilities that are typically difficult to site" ...things that everyone agrees we need but that no one wants as a neighbor.

The law gives such facilities special protection, severely limiting local governments' power to say no to them.

Full Story: "Essential public facility" label has kept light rail on track
Source: The Seattle Times, October 10, 2004
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