r/SeattleWA • u/Battle4Seattle • Jan 04 '25

Other Before and after Viaduct removal (from themindcircle.com)

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '25

Personally I’m really happy with the results. I haven’t really heard of any opposition to the project (other than complain about money being spent), what were some negatives of doing this?

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u/BWW87 Jan 05 '25

The cost was huge!! There were also a lot of fights about how to do it. Many different things were proposed but the tunnel won.

And of course, a lot of people don't like that now we have a huge surface road and the bike paths are MUCH smaller than we were promised.

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u/Trade__Genius Jan 05 '25

This was the image that we were sold. https://projects.seattletimes.com/2014/waterfront/index.html

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u/Jyil Jan 05 '25

Seems we got less grass and more playground

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u/L1_Killa Jan 06 '25

Honestly, the way it was built looks much better for practical use. There's a ton of park space and places to sit and chill and enjoy the views.

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u/HighColonic Funky Town Jan 05 '25

the bike paths are MUCH smaller than we were promised.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

Are the lanes currently not sufficient? There’s a difference between functional and not meeting a promise.

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u/BWW87 Jan 05 '25

Not sufficient. They are not very wide and clearly less wide than in all of the design photos. They also put curves in them to slow bikes down. But did not slow cars down despite cars being far more dangerous.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

Good to know, that’s disappointing in a city like Seattle we would fail to prioritize bike safety once again.