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Originally Posted by Elphaba
Our local paper reported on our piece of pork today and also stated the original estimate of $28M has now jumped to $33M. This little gem is for an underground tunnel for off-loading ferry traffic in the podunk town of Bremerton.
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Apparantly, the more straight forward approach of drivedown the ramp onto the ferry just didn't cut it. I've used the Bremerton ferry dock many times and I'm confused as to how they plan to integrate a tunnel into it.
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From the article: "U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Belfair, said any increase in price would be covered by more federal appropriations."
"If it's a couple million over, we'll come up with a couple million more. Whatever it takes, we're going to do it. We're committed."
Just across the water is Seattle, which has been rated as one of worst cities for transportation gridlock. Spend that pork, Normie. 
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No doubt regarding Seattle! Of course I don't know how you can add much more given the geography, but I was always amazed that the west side of the Sound had the freeway going all the way up into the woods where I would expect a two-laner would do the job. I know they have to support Bangor and PSNY but still, it seemed a bit much to me.
Josh