2-Way Mercer in limbo after being denied stimulus dollars

The Stranger's ECB reports that the state legislature's transportation committee has come to a decision on how the $350M the state has received in federal transportation stimulus dollars will be spent.

2-Way Mercer, and all of Seattle for that matter, got the snub.

The city had counted on receiving stimulus dollars for 2-Way Mercer and took every step to ensure its nomination would be accepted by the state legislature. In fact, members of the Seattle City Council sent a clear signal to the state legislature that the project was "shovel-ready" when they voted to release the city's share of cash toward the project on Monday (Seattle P-I).

Now 2-Way Mercer, which was planned to start construction this year, is left with a $50M funding gap and will likely be postponed.