State Supreme Court Rules on Scaling-Back of Light-Rail Line
The Washington Supreme Court maintains legality of changes made to voter-approved transit plan.
In a 6-3 decision, the Washington state Supreme Court ruled against a recent legal challenge to a scaled-down transit development. The opposition group that filed the lawsuit maintained that changes made to the 21-mile light rail line project were not consistent with what voters had approved in 1996. The court disagreed, however, citing that "voters in fact had approved by reference a more detailed board resolution that did allow for changes if money ran short...even though they hadn't been provided that resolution."
Thanks to Erin Clark
Published on Friday, March 5, 2004 in
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