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Today, the State DOT released ten new options they’re considering for replacing the Alaskan Way Viaduct.

10.

Diez.

I can’t wait to see this ballot:

• Bored tunnel
• Cut-and-cover tunnel
• Depressed lidded roadway
• Alaskan Way boulevard
• Alaskan Way/Western Avenue
• Alaskan Way surface expressway
• Aerial roadway
• Viaduct retrofit
• Elliott Bay Bridge
• Elevated roadway
• Integrated roadway built into development

Despite voters turning down the tunnel and replacement options last year, they’re both being reconsidered in a variety of forms. Fortunately, the DOT will be paring down the list to a ‘handful’ by December 1st so the Governor can review it and make her recommendation. We should probably be happy that the DOT is exploring options other than Billion Dollar Tunnel and Ugly Gigantic Viaduct, but it’s still a little disconcerting that after our vote of last year several different tunnel and replacement options are being researched.

But, hey, who am I to talk? If it were up to me, I’d go with the Bored Tunnel or the Depressed Lidded Roadway. I mean, who knew our infrastructure could be so emotionally complex?

[via Seattle Times ^[3]]