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Judy Clibborn

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2011

    After 20 Years of Debate, Contract Signed To Replace Viaduct With Tunnel

    ​Come hell or high water, it looks like a deep-bore waterfront tunnel will be built to replace the aging Alaskan Way Viaduct. Yesterday the Washington Department of Transportation signed a $1.09 billion contract with Seattle Tunnel Partners, an international construction consortium scheduled t ... More >>

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    November 9, 2010

    Judy Clibborn Gets Keynote Speaker Nod at Alt Transpo Group's Party, Despite Checkered Support For Its Projects

    ​The Transportation Choices Coalition is a statewide group that supports various alternative transportation programs. State Rep. Judy Clibborn is head of Washington's House Transportation Committee and has made a name for herself among TCC members by opposing several sustainable transportation ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2009

    The $4 Billion Stroke of a Pen

    [Updated Below] If you don't have anything going on at 2 PM today, you can head down to the Seattle Aquarium's Great Hall to watch Christine Gregoire sign the bill approving a deep-bore tunnel to replace the viaduct. The tunnel tunnel package (see update below), of course, will cost about $4 billi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2009

    Whose Transportation Money Is It Anyway?

    After Seattle got mad that it wasn't getting its share of the state's stimulus money, it appears the state (or the part of it that's not Seattle) isn't happy that King County gets so much of the gas tax money. This is an old song, of course--drumming up resentment of the greedy urban center (or ungr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2009

    Council Puts Mercer Project on Hold

    So there was this project that was a lot like Star Wars--it was futuristic and fancy and to the liking of a gentleman who digs science fiction. But a lot of people thought it seemed kinda half-baked. And though it was supposed to get money from Barack Obama (via Judy Clibborn), Clibborn instead gave ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2009

    Mercer Funding Fiasco: Who Knew What?

    As you know by now, yesterday the folks in Olympia screwed the state's economic engine out of the state's economic stimulus money, meaning Seattle won't be getting a dime for the Mercer st. project, the Spokane st. project, or a summer blockbuster based on the former. Who saw this coming, and what d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2009

    Tunnel Round-Up

    Some reactions to the announcement of the tunnel to replace the viaduct.Peter Steinbrueck: I think it is the best consensus we're gonna get...The stakeholder group deserves a huge amount of credit, as does the Governor for designing this process and managing it...My concern here is that it doesn't b ... More >>

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    April 21, 2004

    Republican Showdown

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