David Gutman, Staff Reporter, Seattle Times; November 8, 2017
Construction on Seattle’s new First Avenue streetcar line is well underway and moves to stop the project have not materialized, despite blustery threats from City Council members.
Utility work along the line began about two weeks ago. A week before that, at a City Council budget hearing, council members expressed serious skepticism about streetcar expansion and indicated they’d like to see the city spend its dollars elsewhere.
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