Construction prolongs Mercer Mess

May 10, 2013 at 8:01 AM

Construction prolongs Mercer Mess

Posted by Letters Coordinator

This shows the current Mercer Street underpass at Aurora Avenue North. The view is taken from Dexter Avenue North looking west, with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation headquarters seen at left. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)

Government is slow, incapableI am a pro-government liberal, but it is projects like this that cause people to conclude the government is incompetent [“More Mercer misery,” page one, May 8].

No private construction company would have take this long to complete this project. I drive by the site daily and what I consistently see is little activity and expensive heavy equipment sitting around idly.

What more can a citizen conclude than that our city leaders couldn’t care less about the inconvenience they are causing thousands of people every day. It’s really quite outrageous.

Dick Schwartz, Seattle

Comments | Topics: Construction, infrastructure, traffic

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