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In the interests of being pedantic, and local pride: Seattle's viaduct replacement isn't over budget-- yet. It's extremely likely to go over budget, but don't
by blakeyrat 11y ago
In the interests of being pedantic, and local pride: Seattle's viaduct replacement isn't over budget-- yet.
It's extremely likely to go over budget, but don't count the chickens before they've hatched. The last budget review came to the conclusion that it's still possible to finish the project as budgeted and scheduled.
http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2015/04/23/bertha-project-expert-review-report/26222949/ http://www.king5.com/story/news/local/seattle/2015/04/23/ber...
- icelancer 11y ago>The last budget review came to the conclusion that it's still possible to finish the project as budgeted and scheduled. They should open a betting market on these types of lines. I'd love to see the fair odds. I'd take out a second mortgage if I could bet "This project will go over budget" if it was even odds.
- oasisbob 11y agoOn budget, perhaps. Maybe. On schedule? No. The report even says as much, page 4: "The tunnel project will not achieve STP’s original completion date of December 2015."