Normally, I would post this in the Cascadian Snussers group, but there's a tight character limit, so I'm posting it here...
As an added bonus, I'm including a video of an earthquake simulation made by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Watch Seattle crumble in 60 seconds!
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"Voters asked to approve $290 million bond measure; proponents say it would help avert "clear and present danger" to public safety."
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Source: Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
As an added bonus, I'm including a video of an earthquake simulation made by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT). Watch Seattle crumble in 60 seconds!
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"Voters asked to approve $290 million bond measure; proponents say it would help avert "clear and present danger" to public safety."
Remember the scary — some would say sensationalized — simulation video of the Alaskan Way Viaduct along the Seattle waterfront collapsing in a magnitude 7.0 earthquake?
City of Seattle engineers say the destruction shown in the video, released by the state during the campaign to replace the viaduct with a tunnel, is a pretty good approximation of what would happen to the aging waterfront seawall in a comparable earthquake.
Within 30 seconds, the soil beneath Alaskan Way liquefies and pushes against the seawall, collapsing it. The roadway, sidewalks and pier ends buckle and tip into Elliott Bay. Major utility lines break, cutting power and rupturing gas pipes. The damage to the state ferry dock, railroads, streets and historic buildings is extensive.
Seattle voters will be asked in the Nov. 6 general election to approve a $290 million bond measure to replace the waterfront seawall, built between 1915 and 1936 and badly eroded over the years by marine borers and tides.
The 30-year bond measure would cost $59 per year for the owner of a median-valued, $360,000 home. The measure requires 60 percent approval to pass.
"There is a clear and present danger to public safety if it is not replaced. It's time for us to act," said Bob Davidson, president and CEO of the Seattle Aquarium and a member of the Save Our Seawall campaign, which supports the ballot measure.
And unlike the divisive tunnel issue, city leaders including Mayor Mike McGinn and the entire City Council support the seawall replacement.
"We've patched the seawall together for so many years. We can no longer postpone it. This is one of those housekeeping tasks a city has to undertake," said Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, chairman of the Transportation Committee.
City of Seattle engineers say the destruction shown in the video, released by the state during the campaign to replace the viaduct with a tunnel, is a pretty good approximation of what would happen to the aging waterfront seawall in a comparable earthquake.
Within 30 seconds, the soil beneath Alaskan Way liquefies and pushes against the seawall, collapsing it. The roadway, sidewalks and pier ends buckle and tip into Elliott Bay. Major utility lines break, cutting power and rupturing gas pipes. The damage to the state ferry dock, railroads, streets and historic buildings is extensive.
Seattle voters will be asked in the Nov. 6 general election to approve a $290 million bond measure to replace the waterfront seawall, built between 1915 and 1936 and badly eroded over the years by marine borers and tides.
The 30-year bond measure would cost $59 per year for the owner of a median-valued, $360,000 home. The measure requires 60 percent approval to pass.
"There is a clear and present danger to public safety if it is not replaced. It's time for us to act," said Bob Davidson, president and CEO of the Seattle Aquarium and a member of the Save Our Seawall campaign, which supports the ballot measure.
And unlike the divisive tunnel issue, city leaders including Mayor Mike McGinn and the entire City Council support the seawall replacement.
"We've patched the seawall together for so many years. We can no longer postpone it. This is one of those housekeeping tasks a city has to undertake," said Councilmember Tom Rasmussen, chairman of the Transportation Committee.
Source: Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
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