Councilman Rassmussen Calls Mayor Irresponsible and Obsessed About Tunnel Project

Here's the Seattle Channel program Inside/Out conversation with viaduct administrator Ron Paananen and Seattle City Council transportation chair Tom Rasmussen about the deep bore tunnel. One of the interesting parts of the discussion covers the Mayor's complaining about the increase of surface traffic that the tunnel supposedly will cause. Paananen and Rasmussen point out that McGinn is being irresponsible to obsessively complain about the surface traffic overflow issue because he fails to address the fact that 100% of traffic will be on the surface if the tunnel is not built. It is also interesting that the Mayor really has no alternative plan should the tunnel not get built.  Dear Mayor were will all the traffic go?

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