Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hui-tanguru 2011, i te pōti a te Kaunihera o te Taone o Seattle 8-1 ki te hainatanga i tētahi whakaaetanga e whakaae ana kia haere tonu te kaupapa o te awaawa, ka whakakahoretia e McGinn te ture. Katahi ka whakakahoretia e te Kaunihera o te Taone tana veto, 8-1 ano. Whai muri i te Maehe 2011
Ko te ruu o Tōhoku i Japan McGinn, e kii ana i te ruu, i karanga kia tangohia te viaduct i te tau i mua. Kaore he mahere hei whakakapi, hei whakaiti ranei i te kaha o te waka kua ngaro. E whakahe ana ētahi umanga me ngā tohunga waka ki te karanga. Ko te perehitini o Ballard's North Seattle Industrial Association i kiia ko te paanga pea o te kati wawe "he whakaaturanga whakamataku" e kii ana i te mahi a te arawhata hei huarahi nui mo nga kaimahi, taputapu me nga taonga i waenga i nga kaihanga i nga rohe whakangao matua e rua o Seattle, te Duwamish Waterway me te taha o te awa o Lake Washington. I whakahe ano te kaiwhakahaere o te kaupapa viaduct Department of Transportation o Washington State ki te whakaaro e kii ana, "Ko te kati noa i te viaduct me te kore he whakakapi whaitake i te waahi ka tino kino ki te taone nui o Seattle. Ki te tīmata anō ināianei me te whai i tētahi whirinoa hou ka whakaroa te hōtaka kaupapa whānui. He rite tonu te rerenga o te waka ki te rerenga i mua i te ru i Hapani".