I don’t even understand what Dori Monson is trying to say here.
I have good news for the wildlife of our state. They’re getting their own overpass on I-90.
I don’t know enough about the overpass but roads are pretty bad for the environment so something like that to mitigate some of the problems is probably a good thing. There are reasonable discussions about cost and about what else we could do with that money, I suppose. But that isn’t really the issue here. The issue is superlatives:
The world’s most wildlife-friendly highways.
I don’t want to be obsessive here, but it comes up later: Most wildlife-friendly according to who?
How come everything we do has to be a world record? The [Seattle] tunnel was going to be two feet smaller in diameter, which would have made it the second largest tunnel in the world. They said no, no, no – let’s add two feet so that it can be the biggest drill ever. They were so obsessed with a world record sized drill that they cared more about that then building a drill that would actually drill.
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I was pretty critical of the tunnel machine for a long time, but I’m pretty sure Dori just made that story up.
Everything has to be a world record because they’re spending our money. I could set all kinds of world records if I could just spend other people’s money to achieve my goals.
Something something wasting Bonneville International’s money on the dipshittiest radio show.
Maybe we don’t need to have the world’s most wildlife-friendly highway ever.
Well, there are places that have more fragile ecosystems. Islands and like rainforests and shit. But I think it makes more sense to see the value of the project on its own merits rather than pointing out that you could do something similar in the Brazilian Amazon. Also, we didn’t answer who deemed it that. So if you want, you can just call it the antepenultimate and nobody will care.
This overpass is going to cost $6.2 million. Watch and see how much it ends up costing. It’s supposed to open in 2019 and cost $6.2 million. I’m going to guess 2023 and $20 million. I’ll go triple the cost that they’re estimating right now.
Calendared. I’m sure he’ll let us know if WSDOT’s prediction turns out to be correct. Also, is this a standard we can apply to all road projects or just the ones that don’t have to have safety improvements or to account for the weight of moving cars and trucks, so are probably less likely to come in over budget?
Never cared much for Monson, he’s always been tedious and predictable in his opinions. Lately, even more so, well on the way to being a common scold.
Why does Dori Monson hate wildlife?
Maybe he’s upset because he won’t be able to pick up free venison along I-90 anymore.
I’ve often wondered if bob was dori.
@4 Nah, even Dori is smarter than Bob, which isn’t saying anything.
In 2004 a family of 4 was killed on I-90 near Snoqualmie Pass when their car hit an elk. It’s my understanding that a big reason for this project is to avoid future events like this. I’d say $6 million is worth saving lives.
Dori is smarter than Dow, Ron, and Jay