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03/17/2010 - An Email I Received Regarding Tunnel Spending

The bond statement (at page 1) states very broadly that the funds are being raised for projects (unspecified in the bond) authorized by several state statutes. One of the referenced statutes is RCW 47.10.861. That is the 2003 “nickel” gas tax legislation. According to that RCW, the proceeds can be used for any project identified in the 2003 transportation budget. I didn’t pull the 2003 transportation budget itself, but I did pull the WDOT webpage that lists the projects in that document. SR 99 is on that (long) list. http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/A5AA153E-8928-412C-809E-EBE24DE88662/0/HighwayNickelList.pdf.

The bond statement also references the 2005 funding package (RCW 47.10.873). Again, that legislation says the bond funds can be used for any project on the list in the 2005 transportation budget. Again, the viaduct replacement is on that list: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/NR/rdonlyres/1467D8A9-AD9B-48B5-A26D-36110E911F3B/0/ProjectsbyCounty.pdf. This WSDOT webpage describes the project as specifically a cut and cover tunnel. But when you go back to the actual legislation (2005 session law ch. 313, section 305; http://www.leg.wa.gov/CodeReviser/documents/sessionlaw/2005pam2...