DO you remember the huge mudslide into the Magnolia bridge? THe main structure was fine . . .but the "seizmic upgrade" superstructure was spagettiied. --kinda points to a clever but transparent ruse, doncha think.
What about the millions extra spent on putting rail into the bus tunnel (for future light rail use) . . do they have all of that RIPPED OUT yet? YOu know, for our multi Billion Dollar lightrail solution that solves a problem that we don't even have.