Capitol Visitors Center Not Done!
16 01 2008It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to anyone, but the Capitol Visitors Center, which has been in the making since 1995 is still not finished. Though there has been a lot of progress made, we still are not even in the final stages!
In an effort to make the progress of the project more open to the public, a very nice website was started, as well as the installation of displays (pictured above) to show what’s being done. Unfortunately, the progress and transparency has fallen off a clif over the last few months.
The Capitol Visitors Center website, which had been providing weekly updates, has not been updated in over a month. Also on a recent trip to the area, we did not see much progress at all, so we put a call into the Project Managements office but have not heard back. Hopefully, the project is not in for some more costly delays.
They have spent over half a BILLION Dollars on this thing!
Are the toilets made of gold?
The only positive side of this boondoggle is rarely can one so literally say the waste is occurring “with Congressional oversight” or “right under their noses” or proclaim they are trying to “bury the cost overruns” (or choose you own tongue-in-cheek insult).
Still, I wish they’d finish it. I do think it could be an incredibly cool space.
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