Seattle's Light Rail Halted
21 November 2000 - 2:00pm
After seven years and $25 million, progress on Seattle's 4.5-mile light rail tunnel have crashed to a halt.
"After seven years and more than $25 million worth of planning, progress on Seattle's 4.5-mile light-rail tunnel crashed to a halt yesterday when the Sound Transit board suspended negotiations with its tunnel-building firm.The whole tunnel project may lose its ticket to ride.Sound Transit's staff said even a new cost-cutting design was not enough to bring the Capitol Hill tunnel project within budget."
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Tunnel project may have hit skids
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The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 18, 2000
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