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February 10, 2006

The Monorail Will Rise

It's official: the Seattle Center Monorail is going to be put back in service after getting $4M worth of repairs:

An estimated repair cost of $3 million to $4 million will be paid by a combination of insurance funds, future operating income, and possibly grants, all without diverting money from other city services, officials said.

The city will add an automatic train stopping system that will halt the trains if they are about to collide where the tracks converge near Westlake Center.

Timeline? This summer. All I can say is ... thank God. When the monorail blew up on us back in November, I thought we might be monorail-less forever. Now, at least, I'll be able to still pay my buck-seventy-five to ride the 1.2 miles from downtown to a Storm home game. Whoo-hoo!

Posted by Gavin Shearer at February 10, 2006 11:55 AM. Posted to Politics | Transit.

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