Despite talk of halting Seattle’s First Avenue streetcar, work moves ahead on the $177M line

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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