March 28th, 2008
Yesterday, I wrote about how the Todd submitted a bid to build a 50-car ferry and the bid of $26 million was almost $10 million higher than what the state expected.
Todd Pacific Shipyards sent a letter to state ferries chief David Moseley, explaining what the bid was so much higher. Material costs are higher. Standards to pass Coast Guard inspection are different. State changed its design a lot, not a little.
This is not the same boat, the Steilacoom II, that Pierce County bought for $12 million in 2006, Todd CEO Stephen Welch said.
"Though our submitted bid ...
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March 28th, 2008
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March 27th, 2008
Todd Pacific Shipyards of Seattle's proposed bid price of $25,985,125 to construct a 50-car ferry for Washington State Ferries was much higher than the $16.8 million estimated by state engineers.
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March 27th, 2008
An area of the Alaskan Way Viaduct that keeps sinking has caused no new structural damage, and ongoing repairs will keep the corridor safe, transportation officials said today.
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March 27th, 2008
The Sierra Club's Mike O'Brien forwarded me
this letter that the Sierra Club sent to Sound Transit CEO Joni Earl and the Sound Transit Board today documenting the three primary areas that the Sierra Club would like Sound Transit to address in its forthcoming new ballot measure, or ST 2.1
The three key issues are as follows:
- Green house gas emissions should be a key driver in the projects that Sound Transit selects;
- In place of allocating funds exclusively for parking garages, Sound Transit should add "station access funds" that allow spending on a variety of transportation modes, ...
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March 26th, 2008
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No light rail? Then we’re not buying tickets
TheNewsTribune.com, WA - Mar 26, 2008
Later – with Seattle’s support – Sound Transit would support the extension of light rail through South King County to the Tacoma Dome Station. ... |
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March 25th, 2008
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Sound Transit board weighs expansion proposals
TheNewsTribune.com, WA - 1 hour ago
Sound Transit’s governing board will soon decide whether to take a transit expansion plan to voters later this year. Though a final decision might not come ... |
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March 24th, 2008
Sound Transit’s governing board will decide soon whether to take a transit expansion plan to voters later this year.
Though a final decision may not come until June, the board must decide on a draft expansion plan by April 10 if it hopes to bring it to voters in November, according to agency spokeswoman Linda Robson.
Last November voters rejected an $18 billion roads-and-transit construction plan for Pierce, King and Snohomish counties. The plan included an extension of light rail from Sea-Tac Airport to Tacoma.
Since then the Sound Transit board has been weighing when to offer voters a ...
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March 24th, 2008
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March 23rd, 2008
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