The Cost Overrun Time Bomb
By Dan BertoletPublicola
04/12/2010
Even those who are rabidly opposed to the idea of spending billions to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep-bore tunnel would have a hard time coming up with a scheme for sabotage as effective as the state’s cost overrun provision. It’s a ticking time bomb, and the state is going to need some Hurt Locker-style luck to keep it from blowing up in the tunnel’s face.
Even those who are rabidly opposed to the idea of spending billions to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct with a deep-bore tunnel would have a hard time coming up with a scheme for sabotage as effective as the state’s cost overrun provision. It’s a ticking time bomb, and the state is going to need some Hurt Locker-style luck to keep it from blowing up in the tunnel’s face.